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== Koheles (Book of Ecclesiastes), Chapter 4 ==

<named id="1"/>1 But I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun; and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.

<named id="2"/>2 Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive;

<named id="3"/>3 but better than they both is he that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

<named id="4"/>4 Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

<named id="5"/>5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

<named id="6"/>6 Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.

<named id="7"/>7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

<named id="8"/>8 There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches: 'for whom then do I labour, and bereave my soul of pleasure?' This also is vanity, yea, it is a grievous business.

<named id="9"/>9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

<named id="10"/>10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

<named id="11"/>11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?

<named id="12"/>12 And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

<named id="13"/>13 Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

<named id="14"/>14 For out of prison he came forth to be king; although in his kingdom he was born poor.

<named id="15"/>15 I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the child, the second, that was to stand up in his stead.

<named id="16"/>16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them whom he did lead; yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

== See also ==
* [[Koheles 3|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Koheles 4 Commentaries]]
* [[Koheles 5|Next Chapter]]

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