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.
So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun: and behold the tear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them 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.
and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now.
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.
Better also than both these is he who has not yet been, who has not seen all 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.
And I saw all labor, and all the diligent work, that this is a man's envy from his neighbor. This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
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 of rest than two handfuls of trouble and waywardness of spirit.
7 And I returned I and I saw futility under the sun.
So 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 [alone], and there is not a second; yes, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble.
9 [are] good Two [people] more than one that there for them [is] a reward good for toil their.
Two [are] better than one, [seeing] 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 that is alone when he falls, and there is not a second 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.
Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed [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 one should prevail against [him], the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord shall not be 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 child than an old and foolish king, who knows not how to take heed any longer.
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 shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign, because [he] also that was in his kingdom has become 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 were walking under the sun, with the second youth who shall stand up in each one's 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.
There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them: and the last shall not rejoice in him: for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
