| 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! | 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! |
| And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. | And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
| There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven. | For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. |
| One who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor one who loves abundance with its income. This too is futility. | He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. |
| Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this. | Say not, “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 return for their labor. | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. |
| Just as you do not know the path of the wind, and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes everything. | 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. |
| So remove sorrow from your heart and keep pain away from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. | Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. |
| On the day of prosperity be happy, But on the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other So that a person will not discover anything that will come 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 man may not find out anything that will be after him. |
| Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him. | The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. |
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