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. | Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the 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 reward for their labor. |
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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. | For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. |
And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. | Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |