Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes, Chapter 4

   1: And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors [is] power, and they have no comforter.
   2: And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
   3: And better than both of them [is] he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.
   4: And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
   5: The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
   6: 'Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than two handfuls [with] labour and vexation of spirit.'
   7: And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:
   8: There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.
   9: The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
   10: For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but wo to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!
   11: Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
   12: And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.
   13: Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.
   14: For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.
   15: I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;
   16: there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.


http://bible.christiansunite.com/bibles.shtml

Additional information on ChristiansUnite.com is available on the Internet at http://www.christiansunite.com/
Copyright © ChristiansUnite.com. All rights reserved.