< 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 returned, and considered 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 to praise I [obj] [the] to die which/that already to die from [the] alive which they(masc.) alive still [to]
Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
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
Yes, better is [he] than both they, who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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
Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
5 [the] fool to embrace [obj] hand his and to eat [obj] flesh his
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6 pleasant fullness palm quietness from fullness palm trouble and longing spirit: breath
Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] toil and vexation of spirit.
7 and to return: again I and to see: see vanity underneath: under [the] sun
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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; yes, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yes, it [is] a grievous labor.
9 pleasant [the] two from [the] one which there to/for them wages pleasant in/on/with trouble their
Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
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 fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him [that is] alone when he falleth; for [he hath] not another to help him to rise.
11 also if to lie down: lay down two and to warm to/for them and to/for one how? to warm
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?
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 prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.
13 pleasant youth poor and wise from king old and fool which not to know to/for to warn still
Better [is] a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, who 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 prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor.
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 considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
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] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.