Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Again
I looked,
and I
considered
all the oppression
taking
place
under the sun .
I
saw
the tears of the
oppressed, and they had no comforter; the
power
lay
in
the hands
of their oppressors ,
and
there was no comforter.
Then
I returned
and saw
all the oppressions
that
are
done
under the sun :
and,
behold,
the tears of those
who
were
oppressed, and they had no comforter; and
on
the side
of their oppressors there was power;
but
they
had
no comforter.
So
I admired
the dead ,
who had
already
died,
above
the living ,
who are still
alive.
Therefore
I praised
the dead who have
been
long
dead
more
than
the living who are yet
alive.
But
better than both is he
who has not yet existed
, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
Yes,
better than them
both is him
who has not yet been
, who has not seen the evil work
that is done under the sun.
I saw that
all labor and success
spring
from
a
man’s
envy of his
neighbor. This too
is futile
and a pursuit
of
the
wind.
Then
I saw all the
labor and achievement
that
is
the
envy of a
man's
neighbor. This also
is vanity
and a striving
after
wind.
The fool folds his hands and consumes
his
own
flesh
.
The fool folds his hands together
and ruins
himself
.
Better one
handful with tranquility
than two handfuls with toil
and pursuit
of
the
wind.
Better is
a
handful ,
with quietness,
than two handfuls with labor
and chasing
after
wind.
Again,
I saw futility
under the sun.
Then
I returned
and
saw vanity
under the sun.
There is a
man
all
alone, without
even
a
son or
brother. And
though
there is no end to his labor, his eyes are
still
not
content
with his
wealth :
“
For whom do I toil
and bereave
my soul of enjoyment? ”
This too
is futile—
a miserable task
.
There is one
who
is
alone, and
he
has
neither
son nor
brother. There is no end to all
of
his labor, neither
are
his eyes satisfied
with wealth .
For whom then,
do I labor,
and deprive
my soul of enjoyment? This also
is vanity,
yes,
it
is
a miserable business
.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return
for their labor.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward
for their labor.
For if one
falls
down
, his
companion
can
lift him
up; but pity
the
one
who falls without
another to help
him up !
For if they
fall
, the
one
will
lift up his
fellow
; but woe
to
him
who is
alone
when
he
falls ,
and
doesn't
have
another to lift
him up .
Again, if two lie down
together, they will
keep
warm
; but how can one keep warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, then
they have
warmth
; but how can one keep warm alone?
And
though
one may
be
overpowered
, two can
resist.
Moreover,
a cord of
three
strands
is not quickly broken.
If
a
man
prevails
against
one who
is
alone
, two shall
withstand
him;
and
a threefold
cord is not quickly broken.
Better is a poor but
wise youth than an old but
foolish king who no
longer
knows
how to take
a
warning
.
Better is a poor and
wise youth than an old and
foolish king who doesn't
know
how to receive
admonition
any
more
.
For the
youth
has
come
from
the
prison to the
kingship
, though
he was born poor in
his
own
kingdom
.
For out
of
prison he
came
forth
to be
king;
yes
, even
in
his
kingdom
he was born poor.
I saw that
all who lived
and
walked
under the sun followed
this
second
one
, the youth who succeeded the
king
.
I saw all the
living
who walk
under the sun, that
they
were
with
the youth ,
the
other,
who succeeded him
.
There is
no limit
to
all the people who
were
before
them .
Yet the
successor
will
not
be
celebrated
by
those who come even
later
. This too
is futile
and a pursuit
of
the
wind.
There was
no end
of
all the people ,
even
of
all
them over
whom
he
was--
yet those who come after
shall
not
rejoice
in
him
. Surely
this also
is vanity
and a chasing
after
wind.
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