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 turned and saw all the oppressions which take place under the sun; and, behold, there were the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and from the hand of their oppressors there was violence, and 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 been long ago 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 both of them is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work which 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 success in work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.

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

The fool foldeth his hands together and eateth 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 hand full of quietness, than both hands full of weariness and striving after wind.

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

Then I turned and saw other 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 who is alone, and no one with him; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end to all his labor, and his eye is not satisfied with riches. “For whom, then [[saith he]], do I labor and deprive myself of good?” This also is vanity; yea, it is an evil thing!

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 his fellow up; but woe to him who is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to help 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 heat; 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 an enemy prevail against one, 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 child poor but wise, than a king old and foolish, who will no more be admonished.

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 out of prison cometh forth such a one to reign; for in his own kingdom he was born a poor man.

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 that all the living, who walk under the sun, were with the child 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 to all the people before whom he went forth; yet they that come afterwards shall not rejoice in him. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.