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.
I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.
2 And I congratulated I the dead who already they had died more than the living who they [were] alive still.
And I praised the dead rather than the living:
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.
And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are 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.
Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighhour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
5 The fool [is] folding hands his and [is] eating own flesh his.
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:
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 rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
7 And I returned I and I saw futility under the sun.
Considering I found also another 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 but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.
9 [are] good Two [people] more than one that there for them [is] a reward good for toil their.
It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:
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.
If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none 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.
And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?
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 prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily 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 child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.
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].
Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.
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 men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.
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.
The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
