Ecclesiastes 4

1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.

and to return: again I and to see: see [obj] all [the] oppression which to make: do underneath: under [the] sun and behold tears [the] oppression and nothing to/for them to be sorry: comfort and from hand: themselves to oppress them strength and nothing to/for them to be sorry: comfort

2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

and to praise I [obj] [the] to die which/that already to die from [the] alive which they(masc.) alive still [to]

3 Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

and pleasant from two their [obj] which still not to be which not to see: see [obj] [the] deed [the] bad: evil which to make: do underneath: under [the] sun

4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

and to see: see I [obj] all trouble and [obj] all skill [the] deed: work for he/she/it jealousy man: anyone from neighbor his also this vanity and longing spirit: breath

5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

[the] fool to embrace [obj] hand his and to eat [obj] flesh his

6 Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.

pleasant fullness palm quietness from fullness palm trouble and longing spirit: breath

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

and to return: again I and to see: see vanity underneath: under [the] sun

8 There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.

there one and nothing second also son: child and brother: male-sibling nothing to/for him and nothing end to/for all trouble his also (eye his *Q(K)*) not to satisfy riches and to/for who? I laborious and to lack [obj] soul: myself my from welfare also this vanity and task bad: harmful he/she/it

9 Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

pleasant [the] two from [the] one which there to/for them wages pleasant in/on/with trouble their

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him [that is] alone when he falleth; for [he hath] not another to help him up.

that if: except if: except to fall: fall [the] one to arise: raise [obj] companion his and to/for woe! him [the] one which/that to fall: fall and nothing second to/for to arise: raise him

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?

also if to lie down: lay down two and to warm to/for them and to/for one how? to warm

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

and if to prevail him [the] one [the] two to stand: stand before him and [the] thread [the] to do three not in/on/with haste to tear

13 Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

pleasant youth poor and wise from king old and fool which not to know to/for to warn still

14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor.

for from house: home [the] to bind to come out: come to/for to reign for also in/on/with royalty his to beget be poor

15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

to see: see [obj] all [the] alive [the] to go: walk underneath: under [the] sun with [the] youth [the] second which to stand: stand underneath: instead him

16 [There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

nothing end to/for all [the] people to/for all which to be to/for face: before their also [the] last not to rejoice in/on/with him for also this vanity and striving spirit: breath