1
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.
2
Wherefore
I
praised
the
dead
which
are
already
dead
more
than
the
living
which
are
yet
alive.
3
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.
4
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.
5
The
fool
foldeth
his
hands
together,
and
eateth
his
own
flesh.
6
Better
[is]
an
handful
[with]
quietness,
than
both
the
hands
full
[with]
travail
and
vexation
of
spirit.
7
Then
I
returned,
and
I
saw
vanity
under
the
sun.
8
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.
9
Two
[are]
better
than
one;
because
they
have
a
good
reward
for
their
labour.
10
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
11
Again,
if
two
lie
together,
then
they
have
heat:
but
how
can
one
be
warm
[alone]?
12
And
if
one
prevail
against
him,
two
shall
withstand
him;
and
a
threefold
cord
is
not
quickly
broken.
13
Better
[is]
a
poor
and
a
wise
child
than
an
old
and
foolish
king,
who
will
no
more
be
admonished.
14
For
out
of
prison
he
cometh
to
reign;
whereas
also
[he
that
is]
born
in
his
kingdom
becometh
poor.
15
I
considered
all
the
living
which
walk
under
the
sun,
with
the
second
child
that
shall
stand
up
in
his
stead.
16
[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.