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4 I looked again and saw all the oppression that goes on in the world; there were the oppressed in tears, with no one to redress their wrongs—tyrants in power, and the oppressed in tears, with no one to redress their wrongs! 2 So I judged the dead already in their graves to be more happy than the living who were still alive; 3 yes, and happier than them both the man unborn, who has never known the misery that goes on in the world.
4 Also I saw that human toil and skill mean jealousy between man and man. (This too is vain and futile!) 5 He is a fool who folds his hands and lets life go to ruin. 6 Still, one handful of content is better than two hands full of toil and futile effort. 7 I saw another futile thing under the sun-- 8 a lone man, kinless, without son or brother, and yet toiling on to make money; he cannot satisfy himself with what he gains, and he never asks for whose sake he is toiling and stinting himself of pleasure. This too is vain, a sorry business.
9 Two are better than one; they come well off in all they undertake, 10 for if one falls the other man can raise his fellow. But woe betide a lonely man who falls, with none to help him up! 11 Again, if two men lie together, they keep warm; but how can any man keep warm alone? 12 Also, two men can stand up to a robber, when a single man would be overpowered. And a threefold cord is not easily broken.
13 A young man, lowly born and wise, is better than an old and silly king who will no longer take advice; 14 in a rebellion the young man may rise to the throne, although he was born poor within the realm. 15 I have seen all the living on earth side with such a, youth, who was destined to reign instead of the old king; 16 no end of people hailed him as their leader. Yet later on men lost all interest in him! This too is vain and futile.