Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive (4:2)

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 (4:3)

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 (4:4)

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh (4:5)

Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit (4:6)

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun (4:7)

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 (4:8)

Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour (4:9)

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 (4:10)

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]? (4:11)

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken (4:12)

Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished (4:13)

For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor (4:14)

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead (4:15)

[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 (4:16)

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