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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ecclesiastes 4 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ecclesiastes/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ecclesiastes/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > Ecclesiastes 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 3">◄</a> Ecclesiastes 4 <a href="../ecclesiastes/5.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>SO I turned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun; and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter to deliver them from the hand of their oppressors, having neither strength nor helper. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still alive. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>But, better is he who has not yet been born than both of them, because he has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Then I saw that all the labor and all the work is successful because a man is more zealous than his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>The fool folds his hands together and suffers hunger. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Then I turned, and I saw vanity under the sun. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>When there is but one man, and not a second, and he has neither son nor brother, there is no end to all his labor. Neither are his eyes satisfied with riches; neither does he say, For whom am I laboring and denying myself good things? This is also vanity, and a grievous vexation.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls; for there is none to lift him up. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>Again, if two sleep together, they will be warm; but how can one be warm alone? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>And if one is too strong for him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>Better is a youth who is poor and wise than a king who is old and foolish, and does not know how to receive admonition. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>Out of prison he has come to reign, because also in his own kingdom he had been born miserable. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the young men, who shall rise up in their place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/4-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>There is no end of all the people, even of all who have been before them; and those also who come after shall not rejoice in them. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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