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The Existence of Oppression in the World Makes Human Existence Miserable
People Need Balance in Their Approach to Labor
4 I also realized that all of the toil and all of the skillful work that is done—it is envy between one man and another.[fn] This alsois vanity and chasing wind!
Wealth without Someone with Which to Enjoy It is Futile
7 I turned again and saw another vanity under the sun. 8 Sometimes a man is all alone with no companion; he also has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eye is not satisfied with wealth. He laments, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself[fn] of pleasure?” This alsois vanity—it is an unhappy business!
Friends and Family Can Help One Another in Life
9 Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil. 10 For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is no one[fn] to help him up. 11 Also if two lie together, they can keep each other warm.[fn] But how can one person be warm? 12 Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him.[fn] A threefold cordis not easily broken![fn]
One Must Be Willing to Listen to Counsel
13 A poor but wise youth is better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.[fn] 14 For he came out of the prison house to reign, since he was born poor in his kingdom.[fn] 15 I saw all the living who move about under the sun with the youth; the second who will stand in his place. 16 There is no end to all the people, to all who were before him. Yet the later generation will not rejoice in him, for this also is vanity and chasing wind!
?:? Literally “And look! The tears of the oppressed, and there is no comforting for them, and from the hand of oppressors of them was power, and there is no comforting for them”
?:? Literally “his friend”
?:? Literally “The fool folds his hands and eats his flesh”
?:? Literally “his soul”
?:? Literally “there is not a second”
?:? Literally “and it will be warm for them”
?:? Literally “And even though he will prevail against him, the one; the second, they will withstand opposite him”
?:? Literally “will not be broken in haste”
?:? Literally “how to be warned”
?:? Literally “for all in his kingdom he was born poor”