Dual Panel1So I returned <07725> (8804)_, and considered <07200> (8799) all the oppressions <06217> that are done <06213> (8737) under the sun <08121>_: and behold the tears <01832> of [such as were] oppressed <06231> (8803)_, and they had no comforter <05162> (8764)_; and on the side <03027> of their oppressors <06231> (8802) [there was] power <03581>_; but they had no comforter <05162> (8764)_. {side: Heb. hand}
2Wherefore I praised <07623> (8764) the dead <04191> (8801) which are already <03528> dead <04191> (8804) more than the living <02416> which are yet <05728> alive <02416>_.
3Yea, better <02896> [is he] than both <08147> they, which hath not yet <05728> been, who hath not seen <07200> (8804) the evil <07451> work <04639> that is done <06213> (8738) under the sun <08121>_.
4Again, I considered <07200> (8804) all travail <05999>_, and every right <03788> work <04639>_, that for this a man <0376> is envied <07068> of his neighbour <07453>_. This [is] also vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>_. {every...: Heb. all the rightness of work} {for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour}
5The fool <03684> foldeth <02263> (0) his hands <03027> together <02263> (8802)_, and eateth <0398> (8802) his own flesh <01320>_.
6Better <02896> [is] an handful <03709> [with] quietness <05183>_, than both the hands <02651> full <04393> [with] travail <05999> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>_.
7Then I returned <07725> (8804)_, and I saw <07200> (8799) vanity <01892> under the sun <08121>_.
8There is <03426> one <0259> [alone], and [there is] not a second <08145>_; yea, he hath neither child <01121> nor brother <0251>_: yet [is there] no end <07093> of all his labour <05999>_; neither is his eye <05869> satisfied <07646> (8799) with riches <06239>_; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour <06001>_, and bereave <02637> (8764) my soul <05315> of good <02896>_? This [is] also vanity <01892>_, yea, it [is] a sore <07451> travail <06045>_.
9Two <08147> [are] better <02896> than one <0259>_; because they have <03426> a good <02896> reward <07939> for their labour <05999>_.
10For if they fall <05307> (8799)_, the one <0259> will lift up <06965> (8686) his fellow <02270>_: but woe <0337> to him [that is] alone <0259> when he falleth <05307> (8799)_; for [he hath] not another <08145> to help him up <06965> (8687)_.
11Again <01571>_, if two <08147> lie together <07901> (8799)_, then they have heat <02552> (8804)_: but how can one <0259> be warm <03179> (8799) [alone]?
12And if one <0259> prevail <08630> (8799) against him, two <08147> shall withstand <05975> (8799) him; and a threefold <08027> (8794) cord <02339> is not quickly <04120> broken <05423> (8735)_.
13Better <02896> [is] a poor <04542> and a wise <02450> child <03206> than an old <02205> and foolish <03684> king <04428>_, who will <03045> (8804) no more be admonished <02094> (8736)_. {who...: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished}
14For out of prison <0631> (8803) <01004> he cometh <03318> (8804) to reign <04427> (8800)_; whereas also [he that is] born <03205> (8738) in his kingdom <04438> becometh poor <07326> (8802)_.
15I considered <07200> (8804) all the living <02416> which walk <01980> (8764) under the sun <08121>_, with the second <08145> child <03206> that shall stand up <05975> (8799) in his stead.
16[There is] no end <07093> of all the people <05971>_, [even] of all that have been before <06440> them: they also that come after <0314> shall not rejoice <08055> (8799) in him. Surely this also [is] vanity <01892> and vexation <07475> of spirit <07307>_.