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Evil Under the Sun
Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.
More than the living who are still alive.
And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.
Yet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
But better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
The Vanity of Selfish Toil
Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
The fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.
And consumes his own flesh.
The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.
Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
The Value of a Friend
Two are better than one,
Because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two are better than one,
Because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.
But woe to him who is alone when he falls,
For he has no one to help him up.
But woe to him who is alone when he falls,
For he has no one to help him up.
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm;
But how can one be warm alone?
But how can one be warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?
Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.
And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him — a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Popularity Passes Away
Better a poor and wise youth
Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more.
Better a poor and wise youth
Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more.
Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.
For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor.
I saw all the living who walk under the sun;
They were with the second youth who stands in his place.
They were with the second youth who stands in his place.
There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.