Ecc 4 | EngLXX | STEP | So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun: and behold thetear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them was power;but they had no comforter:

Ecclesiastes 4

1 So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun: and behold thetear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them was power;but they had no comforter: 2 and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as arealive until now. 3 Better also than both these is he who has not yet been, who has not seen all the evilwork that is done under the sun. 4 And 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. 5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. 6 Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of trouble and waywardness of spirit. 7 So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is onealone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no endto all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labor, and deprive my soulof good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble. 9 Twoare better than one,seeing they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone whenhe falls, and there is not a second to lift him up. 11 Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmedalone? 12 And if one should prevail againsthim, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken. 13 Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knows not how to takeheed any longer. 14 For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign, becausehe also that was in his kingdom has become poor. 15 I [*]saw all the living who were walking under the sun, with the second youth who shallstand up in each one's place. 16 There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them: and the last shall notrejoice in him: for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit. Keep your foot, whenever you go to the house of God; andwhen you are near to hear, let your sacrificebe better than the gift of fools: for they know not that they are doing evil.