- 1. So I turned and considered all the oppressions that are wrought vnder the sunne, and beholde the teares of the oppressed, and none comforteth them: and lo, the strength is of the hand of them that oppresse them, & none comforteth them.
- 2. Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.
- 3. And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.
- 4. Also I beheld all trauaile, & all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie & vexation of spirit.
- 5. The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.
- 6. Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.
- 7. Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.
- 8. There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.
- 9. Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.
- 10. For if they fal, the one wil lift vp his felow: but wo vnto him that is alone: for he falleth, and there is not a second to lift him vp.
- 11. Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?
- 12. And if one ouercome him, two shall stand against him: and a threefolde coard is not easily broken.
- 13. Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.
- 14. For out of the prison he commeth forth to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.
- 15. I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.
- 16. There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.
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