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.
02 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already
dead more than the living which are yet alive.
03 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath
not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work
that is done under the sun.
04 Again, I considered all travail, and every
right work, that for this a man is envied of his
neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of
spirit.
05 The fool foldeth his hands together, and
eateth his own flesh.
06 Better is an handful with quietness, than both
the hands full with travail and vexation of
spirit.
07 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the
sun.
08 There is one alone, and there is not a second;
yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is
there no end of all his labour; neither is his
eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For
whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good?
This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
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09 Two are better than one; because they have a
good reward for their labour.
10 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 up.
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have
heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall
withstand him; and a threefold cord is not
quickly broken.
13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old
and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas
also he that is born in his kingdom becometh
poor.
15 I considered all the living which walk under
the sun, with the second child that shall stand
up in his stead.
16 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.
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