| Eccl. 4:1 |
Then again I saw all the acts of oppression that are done under the sun; and indeed, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of the oppressors was power, and they had no comforter. |
| Eccl. 4:2 |
And I praised the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive. |
| Eccl. 4:3 |
And better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. |
| Eccl. 4:4 |
Then I saw all labor and all skill in work, that it is man's jealousy for his neighbor. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind. |
| Eccl. 4:5 |
The fool folds his hands together and consumes his own flesh. |
| Eccl. 4:6 |
Better is a handful with quietness than two hands full with labor and a chasing after wind. |
| Eccl. 4:7 |
Then again I saw vanity under the sun. |
| Eccl. 4:8 |
There is one [alone] and without a second; also he has no son or brother. Yet there is no end to all his labor; moreover his eye is not satisfied with riches. For whom then, [he says,] do I labor and deprive myself of good? This also is vanity and grievous travail. |
| Eccl. 4:9 |
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor; |
| Eccl. 4:10 |
For if they fall, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls and does not have another to lift him up! |
| Eccl. 4:11 |
Again, if two lie together, they keep warm. But how can one be warm [alone ?] |
| Eccl. 4:12 |
And while a man may prevail against the one, the two will withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
| Eccl. 4:13 |
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to be admonished. |
| Eccl. 4:14 |
For [one] can come forth from prison to reign, even though he was born poor in his kingdom. |
| Eccl. 4:15 |
I saw all the living that went about under the sun with the youth, the successor, who stood up in place of him. |
| Eccl. 4:16 |
There was no end to all the people, to all before whom he stood, [yet] even those who come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind. |