<vn='1'>So <sn="589">I</s><sn="7725">returned</s>, and <sn="7200">considered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6217">oppressions</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="6213">done</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>: and <sn="2009">behold</s> the <sn="1832">tears</s> of such as were <sn="6217">oppressed</s>, and they had <sn="369">no</s><sn="5162">comforter</s>; and on the <sn="4480 3027">side</s> of their <sn="6231">oppressors</s> there was <sn="3581">power</s>; but they had <sn="369">no</s><sn="5162">comforter</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Wherefore <sn="589">I</s><sn="7623">praised</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4191">dead</s> which are <sn="7945 3528">already</s><sn="4191">dead</s> more <sn="4480">than</s> the <sn="2416">living</s><sn="834 1992">which</s> are <sn="5728">yet</s><sn="2416">alive</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Yea, <sn="2896">better</s> is he than <sn="4480 8147">both</s> they, <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">which</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5728">yet</s><sn="1961">been</s>, <sn="834">who</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="4639">work</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="6213">done</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Again, <sn="589">I</s><sn="7200">considered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="5999">travail</s>, and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="3788">right</s><sn="4639">work</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> for <sn="1931">this</s> a <sn="376">man</s> is <sn="7068">envied</s> of his <sn="4480 7453">neighbor</s>. <sn="2088">This</s> is <sn="1571">also</s><sn="1892">vanity</s> and <sn="7469">vexation</s> of <sn="7307">spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>The <sn="3684">fool</s> foldeth his hands <sn="2263 *853 3027">together</s>, and <sn="398">eateth</s><sn="*853"></s> his own <sn="1320">flesh</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2896">Better</s> is a <sn="4480 4393 3709">handful</s> with <sn="5183">quietness</s>, than both the <sn="2651">hands</s><sn="4480 4393">full</s> with <sn="5999">travail</s> and <sn="7469">vexation</s> of <sn="7307">spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Then <sn="589">I</s><sn="7725">returned</s>, and I <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="1892">vanity</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>There <sn="3426">is</s><sn="259">one</s> alone, and there is <sn="369">not</s> a <sn="8145">second</s>; <sn="1571">yea</s>, he hath <sn="369">neither</s><sn="1121">child</s> nor <sn="251">brother</s>: yet is there <sn="369">no</s><sn="7093">end</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5999">labor</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> is his <sn="5869">eye</s><sn="7646">satisfied</s> with <sn="6239">riches</s>; neither saith he, For <sn="4310">whom</s> do <sn="589">I</s><sn="6001">labor</s>, and <sn="2637">bereave</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5315">soul</s> of <sn="4480 2896">good</s>? <sn="2088">This</s> is <sn="1571">also</s><sn="1892">vanity</s>, yea, <sn="1931">it</s> is a <sn="7451">sore</s><sn="6045">travail</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="8147">Two</s> are <sn="2896">better</s><sn="4480">than</s><sn="259">one</s>; <sn="834">because</s> they <sn="3426">have</s> a <sn="2896">good</s><sn="7939">reward</s> for their <sn="5999">labor</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="518">if</s> they <sn="5307">fall</s>, the <sn="259">one</s> will lift <sn="6965">up</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2270">fellow</s>: but <sn="337">woe</s> to him that is <sn="259">alone</s> when he <sn="7945 5307">falleth</s>; for he hath <sn="369">not</s><sn="8145">another</s> to help him <sn="6965">up</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1571">Again</s>, <sn="518">if</s><sn="8147">two</s> lie <sn="7901">together</s>, then they have <sn="2552">heat</s>: but <sn="349">how</s> can <sn="259">one</s> be <sn="3179">warm</s> alone? </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="518">if</s><sn="259">one</s> prevail <sn="8630">against</s> him, <sn="8147">two</s> shall <sn="5975 5048">withstand</s> him; and a <sn="8027">threefold</s><sn="2339">cord</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4120">quickly</s><sn="5423">broken</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2896">Better</s> is a <sn="4542">poor</s> and a <sn="2450">wise</s><sn="3206">child</s> than an <sn="2205">old</s> and <sn="3684">foolish</s><sn="4480 4428">king</s>, <sn="834">who</s><sn="3045">will</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s> be <sn="2094">admonished</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3588">For</s> out of <sn="4480 1004 631">prison</s> he <sn="3318">cometh</s> to <sn="4427">reign</s>; <sn="3588">whereas</s><sn="1571">also</s> he that is <sn="3205">born</s> in his <sn="4438">kingdom</s> becometh <sn="7326">poor</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>I <sn="7200">considered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2416">living</s> which <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>, <sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="3206">child</s><sn="834">that</s> shall stand <sn="5975">up</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='16'> There is <sn="369">no</s><sn="7093">end</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, even of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> have <sn="1961">been</s><sn="6440">before</s> them: they <sn="1571">also</s> that come <sn="314">after</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8055">rejoice</s> in him. <sn="3588">Surely</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1571">also</s> is <sn="1892">vanity</s> and <sn="7475">vexation</s> of <sn="7307">spirit</s>. </v>