Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Ecclesiastes chapter 4

Then I turned and saw all the happening — the tears of the oppressed, with no one to them. Power belonged to those crushing them, and there was no one to comfort them.So I declared the dead — already gone — than the living who still have to endure it.But better than both is the one who has — who has never seen the done under the sun.Then I saw that all and all come from one person’s of another. This too is — like .The together and .Better one with than with hard work and chasing the wind.Then I turned and saw something else that was under the sun:There’s a person who is completely — no partner, no child — yet there’s no end to all his , and his eyes are never satisfied with wealth. “Who am I working so hard for, and why am I depriving myself of good things?” This too is vapor — a .Two are better than one, because they get a for their hard work.If one falls, the other can lift their companion up. But for the one who falls and has no one to help them up.Also, if two , they keep warm — but how can one person stay warm alone?And if someone one person, two can stand against the attacker. A is not easily snapped.A poor but young person is better off than an old, king who no longer knows how to .For that young person came out of to become king, even though he was in the kingdom he would rule.I saw , everyone walking around under the sun, rally behind that who would take the king’s place.There was he led. Yet those who come after won’t him either. This too is — like .