Ecclesiastes 4
1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of <add>such as were</add> oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors <add>there was</add> power; but they had no comforter.2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.3Yea, better <add>is he</add> than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This <add>is</add> also vanity and vexation of spirit.5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.6Better <add>is</add> an handful <add>with</add> quietness, than both the hands full <add>with</add> travail and vexation of spirit.
7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.8There is one <add>alone</add>, and <add>there is</add> not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet <add>is there</add> no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither <add>saith he</add>, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This <add>is</add> also vanity, yea, it <add>is</add> a sore travail.
9Two <add>are</add> better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him <add>that is</add> alone when he falleth; for <add>he hath</add> not another to help him up.11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm <add>alone?</add>12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13Better <add>is</add> a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also <add>he that is</add> born in his kingdom becometh poor.15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.16<add>There is</add> no end of all the people, <add>even</add> of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also <add>is</add> vanity and vexation of spirit.
4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This <add>is</add> also vanity and vexation of spirit.5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.6Better <add>is</add> an handful <add>with</add> quietness, than both the hands full <add>with</add> travail and vexation of spirit.
7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.8There is one <add>alone</add>, and <add>there is</add> not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet <add>is there</add> no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither <add>saith he</add>, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This <add>is</add> also vanity, yea, it <add>is</add> a sore travail.
9Two <add>are</add> better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him <add>that is</add> alone when he falleth; for <add>he hath</add> not another to help him up.11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm <add>alone?</add>12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13Better <add>is</add> a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also <add>he that is</add> born in his kingdom becometh poor.15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.16<add>There is</add> no end of all the people, <add>even</add> of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also <add>is</add> vanity and vexation of spirit.