Ecclesiastes 4

1 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.

Then I returned and saw 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.

2 And I congratulated I the dead who already they had died more than the living who they [were] alive still.

Therefore I praised the dead who have long been dead more than the living who are yet alive.

3 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.

Yea, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

4 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.

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

5 The fool [is] folding hands his and [is] eating own flesh his.

The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

6 [is] good Fullness of hand of quietness more than [the] fullness of two hands toil and striving of wind.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

7 And I returned I and I saw futility under the sun.

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

8 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.

There is one man who is alone, and he has not a second, yea, he has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end of all his labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, he says, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a great travail.

9 [are] good Two [people] more than one that there for them [is] a reward good for toil their.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

10 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.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow, but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and has not another to lift him up.

11 Also if they will lie down two [people] and it will be warm to them and to one [person] how? will it be warm.

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth, but how can one be warm alone?

12 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.

And if a man prevails against him who is alone, two shall withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

13 [is] good A youth poor and wise more than a king old and a fool who not he knows to be warned still.

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who does not know how to receive admonition any more.

14 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].

For he came forth out of prison to be king, yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

15 I saw all the living who are walking about under the sun with the youth second who he will arise in place of him.

I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, who stood up in his stead.

16 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.

There was no end of all the people, even of all those over whom he was. Yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.