| Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person's envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind. | Then I came to realize that all toil and skill in work derive from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chase after the wind. |
| Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. | Two are better than one: they earn a far greater reward for their toil. |
| For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. | And if one should fall, his companion will help him up. How pathetic is the man who is alone and falls and has no one to assist him to his feet. |
| And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. | And where a single man can be overcome, two together will be able to resist. A cord with three strands is not easily broken. |
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Who is this King of glory?The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory. Selah