| 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 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 though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. | And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
| For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. | For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. |
| He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. | The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity. |
| Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. | Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. |
| 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 toil. |
| As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. | Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother's womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything. |
| Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. | Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. |
| In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. | In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them. |
| The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. | Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them. |
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