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, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have 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. | If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
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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 purpose under heaven. |
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. | He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. |
Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. | Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about 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 labor. |
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. | As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all. |
Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. | Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; 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; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him. |
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. | The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. |