Ecclesiastes 4
1 Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, —and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.
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 So, I, pronounced happy the dead, who were, already, dead, —more than the living, who were living, still;
And I congratulated I the dead who already they had died more than the living who they [were] alive still.
3 and, as better than both, him who had not yet come into being, —who had not seen the vexatious work, which was done under the sun.
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 Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour, —even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
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 dullard, claspeth his hands, and consumeth his own flesh.
The fool [is] folding hands his and [is] eating own flesh his.
6 Better a handful—with quietness, —than both hands, full—with toil, and feeding on wind.
[is] good Fullness of hand of quietness more than [the] fullness of two hands toil and striving of wind.
7 Then again, I, looked at a vain thing under the sun: —
And I returned I and I saw futility under the sun.
8 Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches, —neither [saith he] For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!
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 Better are two, than one, —in that they have a good reward for their toil.
[are] good Two [people] more than one that there for them [is] a reward good for toil their.
10 For, if the one should fall, [the other] would raise up his companion, —but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!
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 Moreover, if two lie together, then have they warmth, —but how can, one, have warmth?
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, though an enemy should prevail against one, two, might make a stand before him, —and, a threefold cord, cannot soon be 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 a boy poor and wise, —than a king, old and stupid, who knoweth not how to take warning any longer.
[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 prison, came he forth to reign, yea, even in his own kingdom, was he born poor.
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 saw all the living, who were going hither and thither under the sun, —[that they were] with the boy who was to be the second, who was to stand in the other’s 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 was no end to all the people, to all before whom he came, yet, they who should come later, would not rejoice in him, —surely, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
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.
