| Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. | I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is futility and striving after wind. |
| Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. | Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. |
| For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! | For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up! |
| And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. | And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. |
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