Ecclesiastes 4 — UBES
4Verse 1So I returned,
And saw all the oppressions
That were done under the sun:
And behold the tear of the oppressed,
And they had no comforter;
And on the side of them that oppressed them was power;
But they had no comforter:
Verse 2And I praised all the dead that had already died
More than the living,
As many as are alive until now.
Verse 3Better also than both these
Is he who has not yet been,
Who has not seen all the evil work
That is done under the sun.Verse 4And I saw all labor,
And all the diligent work,
That this is a man’s envy from his neighbor.
This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Verse 5The fool folds his hands together,
And eats his own flesh.
Verse 6Better is a handful of rest
Than two handfuls of trouble
And waywardness of spirit.Verse 7So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun.
Verse 8There is one alone, and there is not a second;
Yea, he has neither son nor brother:
Yet there is no end to all his labor;
Neither is his eye satisfied with wealth;
And for whom do I labor,
And deprive my soul of good?
This is also vanity,
And an evil trouble.
Verse 9Two are better than one,
Seeing they have a good reward for their labor.
Verse 10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow:
But woe to him that is alone when he falls,
And there is not a second to lift him up.
Verse 11Also if two should lie together, they also get heat:
But how shall one be warmed alone?
Verse 12And if one should prevail against him,
The two shall withstand him;
And a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken.Verse 13Better is a poor and wise child
Than an old and foolish king,
Who knows not how to take heed any longer.
Verse 14For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign,
Because he also that was in his kingdom has become poor.
Verse 15I beheld all the living
Who were walking under the sun,
With the second youth
Who shall stand up in each one’s place.
Verse 16There is no end to all the people,
To all who were before them:
And the last shall not rejoice in him:
For this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.Verse 17Keep thy foot, whensoever thou goest to the house of God;
And when thou art near to hear,
Let thy sacrifice be better than the gift of fools:
For they know not that they are doing evil.
And saw all the oppressions
That were done under the sun:
And behold the tear of the oppressed,
And they had no comforter;
And on the side of them that oppressed them was power;
But they had no comforter:
Verse 2And I praised all the dead that had already died
More than the living,
As many as are alive until now.
Verse 3Better also than both these
Is he who has not yet been,
Who has not seen all the evil work
That is done under the sun.Verse 4And I saw all labor,
And all the diligent work,
That this is a man’s envy from his neighbor.
This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Verse 5The fool folds his hands together,
And eats his own flesh.
Verse 6Better is a handful of rest
Than two handfuls of trouble
And waywardness of spirit.Verse 7So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun.
Verse 8There is one alone, and there is not a second;
Yea, he has neither son nor brother:
Yet there is no end to all his labor;
Neither is his eye satisfied with wealth;
And for whom do I labor,
And deprive my soul of good?
This is also vanity,
And an evil trouble.
Verse 9Two are better than one,
Seeing they have a good reward for their labor.
Verse 10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow:
But woe to him that is alone when he falls,
And there is not a second to lift him up.
Verse 11Also if two should lie together, they also get heat:
But how shall one be warmed alone?
Verse 12And if one should prevail against him,
The two shall withstand him;
And a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken.Verse 13Better is a poor and wise child
Than an old and foolish king,
Who knows not how to take heed any longer.
Verse 14For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign,
Because he also that was in his kingdom has become poor.
Verse 15I beheld all the living
Who were walking under the sun,
With the second youth
Who shall stand up in each one’s place.
Verse 16There is no end to all the people,
To all who were before them:
And the last shall not rejoice in him:
For this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.Verse 17Keep thy foot, whensoever thou goest to the house of God;
And when thou art near to hear,
Let thy sacrifice be better than the gift of fools:
For they know not that they are doing evil.