Ecclesiastes 4

1 and to return: again I and to see: see [obj] all [the] oppression which to make: do underneath: under [the] sun and behold tears [the] oppression and nothing to/for them to be sorry: comfort and from hand: themselves to oppress them strength and nothing to/for them to be sorry: comfort

So I turned and considered all the oppressions that are wrought vnder the sunne, and beholde the teares of the oppressed, and none comforteth them: and lo, the strength is of the hand of them that oppresse them, and none comforteth them.

2 and to praise I [obj] [the] to die which/that already to die from [the] alive which they(masc.) alive still [to]

Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

3 and pleasant from two their [obj] which still not to be which not to see: see [obj] [the] deed [the] bad: evil which to make: do underneath: under [the] sun

And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

4 and to see: see I [obj] all trouble and [obj] all skill [the] deed: work for he/she/it jealousy man: anyone from neighbor his also this vanity and longing spirit: breath

Also I beheld all trauaile, and all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.

5 [the] fool to embrace [obj] hand his and to eat [obj] flesh his

The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.

6 pleasant fullness palm quietness from fullness palm trouble and longing spirit: breath

Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.

7 and to return: again I and to see: see vanity underneath: under [the] sun

Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

8 there one and nothing second also son: child and brother: male-sibling nothing to/for him and nothing end to/for all trouble his also (eye his *Q(K)*) not to satisfy riches and to/for who? I laborious and to lack [obj] soul: myself my from welfare also this vanity and task bad: harmful he/she/it

There is one alone, and there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

9 pleasant [the] two from [the] one which there to/for them wages pleasant in/on/with trouble their

Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.

10 that if: except if: except to fall: fall [the] one to arise: raise [obj] companion his and to/for woe! him [the] one which/that to fall: fall and nothing second to/for to arise: raise him

For if they fal, the one wil lift vp his felow: but wo vnto him that is alone: for he falleth, and there is not a second to lift him vp.

11 also if to lie down: lay down two and to warm to/for them and to/for one how? to warm

Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?

12 and if to prevail him [the] one [the] two to stand: stand before him and [the] thread [the] to do three not in/on/with haste to tear

And if one ouercome him, two shall stand against him: and a threefolde coard is not easily broken.

13 pleasant youth poor and wise from king old and fool which not to know to/for to warn still

Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.

14 for from house: home [the] to bind to come out: come to/for to reign for also in/on/with royalty his to beget be poor

For out of the prison he commeth forth to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.

15 to see: see [obj] all [the] alive [the] to go: walk underneath: under [the] sun with [the] youth [the] second which to stand: stand underneath: instead him

I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.

16 nothing end to/for all [the] people to/for all which to be to/for face: before their also [the] last not to rejoice in/on/with him for also this vanity and striving spirit: breath

There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.