So 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.
false accusation
συκοφαντίας
sykophantias
Wherefore I praised
the dead
which are already
dead
more than the living
which are yet
alive.
Yea, better
is he than both
they, which hath not yet
been, who hath not seen
the evil
work
that is done
under the sun.
Again, I considered
all travail,
and every right
work,
that for this a man
is envied
of his neighbour.
This is also vanity
and vexation
of spirit.
for a man
ἀνδρείαν
andreian
choosing
προαίρεσις
proairesis
The fool
foldeth
his hands
together,
and eateth
his own flesh.
Better
is an handful
with quietness,
than both the hands
full
with travail
and vexation
of spirit.
Then I returned,
and I saw
vanity
under the sun.
There is
one
alone, and there is not a second;
yea, he hath neither child
nor brother:
yet is there no end
of all his labour;
neither is his eye
satisfied
with riches;
neither saith he, For whom do I labour,
and bereave
my soul
of good?
This is also vanity,
yea, it is a sore
travail.
finishing
περασμὸς
perasmos
weary with toil
μοχθῶ
mochthō
deprive
στερίσκω
steriskō
distraction
περισπασμὸς
perispasmos
Two
are better
than one;
because they have
a good
reward
for their labour.
For if they fall,
the one
will lift up
his fellow:
but woe
to him that is alone
when he falleth;
for he hath not another
to help him up.
Again,
if two
lie together,
then they have heat:
but how can one
be warm
alone?
And if one
prevail
against him, two
shall withstand
him; and a threefold
cord
is not quickly
broken.
Better
is a poor
and a wise
child
than an old
and foolish
king,
who will
no more be admonished.
For out of prison
he cometh
to reign;
whereas also he that is born
in his kingdom
becometh poor.
I considered
all the living
which walk
under the sun,
with the second
child
that shall stand up
in his stead.
There is no end
of all the people,
even of all that have been before
them: they also that come after
shall not rejoice
in him. Surely this also is vanity
and vexation
of spirit.
finishing
περασμὸς
perasmos
choosing
προαίρεσις
proairesis
