Ecclesiastes 4:9-16 ▼

9 Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.

10 For if they fal, the one wil lift vp his felow: but wo vnto him that is alone: for he falleth, and there is not a second to lift him vp.

11 Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?

12 And if one ouercome him, two shall stand against him: and a threefolde coard is not easily broken.

13 Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.

14 For out of the prison he commeth forth to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.

15 I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.

16 There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.