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# . [side: Heb. hand]
			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. [every...: Heb. all the rightness of work] [for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour]
			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 up# .
			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# . [who...: Heb. who knoweth not to 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.