1	So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors 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 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 also vanity and vexation of spirit.
			5	The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
			6	Better an handful quietness, than both the hands full travail and vexation of spirit.
			7	Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
			8	There is one , and not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither , For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This also vanity, yea, it a sore travail.
			9	Two 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 alone when he falleth; for not another to help him up.
			11	Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm ?
			12	And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
			13	Better 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 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, of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also vanity and vexation of spirit.