Ecclesiastes 4
1 So I turned and considered all the oppressions that are wrought vnder the sunne, and beholde the teares of the oppressed, and none comforteth them: and lo, the strength is of the hand of them that oppresse them, and none comforteth them.
And I returned I and I saw all the oppression which [were being] done under the sun and there! - [the] tear[s] of the oppressed and not [belonged] to them a comforter and [was] from [the] hand of oppressors their power and there not [belonged] to them a comforter.
2 Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.
And I congratulated I the dead who already they had died more than the living who they [were] alive still.
3 And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.
And [is] good more than both of them [one] who still not he has been [one] who not he has seen the activity evil which it is done under the sun.
4 Also I beheld all trauaile, and all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.
And I considered I all [the] toil and all [the] skill of the work that it [is] envy of everyone from neighbor his also this [is] futility and striving of wind.
5 The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.
The fool [is] folding hands his and [is] eating own flesh his.
6 Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.
[is] good Fullness of hand of quietness more than [the] fullness of two hands toil and striving of wind.
7 Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.
And I returned I and I saw futility under the sun.
8 There is one alone, and there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.
There [was] one [person] and there not [was] a second also a son and a brother not [belonged] to him and there not [was] an end to all toil his also (eye his *Q(K)*) not it was satisfied wealth and for whom? - [am] I a laborer and depriving self my from good also this [is] futility and [is] a task of evil it.
9 Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.
[are] good Two [people] more than one that there for them [is] a reward good for toil their.
10 For if they fal, the one wil lift vp his felow: but wo vnto him that is alone: for he falleth, and there is not a second to lift him vp.
That except they will fall down the one he will raise companion his and woe! to him the one who will fall down and there not [is] a second [person] to raise him.
11 Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?
Also if they will lie down two [people] and it will be warm to them and to one [person] how? will it be warm.
12 And if one ouercome him, two shall stand against him: and a threefolde coard is not easily broken.
And though someone will overpower him the one [person] the two [people] they will stand before him and the thread threefold not quickly it will be torn apart.
13 Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.
[is] good A youth poor and wise more than a king old and a fool who not he knows to be warned still.
14 For out of the prison he commeth forth to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.
For from [the] house of the prisoners he came out to become king for also in own kingdom his he had been born a poor [person].
15 I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.
I saw all the living who are walking about under the sun with the youth second who he will arise in place of him.
16 There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.
There not [is] an end to all the people to all [those] whom he was before them also the subsequent [people] not they will rejoice in him for also this [is] futility and a striving of wind.
