Eclesiastes 4

1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of

2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

3 Yea, better

4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This

5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

6 Better

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

8 There is one

9 Two

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

13 Better

14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also

15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.