| 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! | 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 if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. | And where a single man can be overcome, two together will be able to resist. A cord with three strands is not easily 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 activity under heaven. |
| One who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor one who loves abundance with its income. This too is futility. | One who is covetous will never be satisfied with money, nor will the lover of wealth be content with gain. This too 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. | Do not assert that the past was better than the present, for such a statement is not a sign of wisdom. |
| Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. | Two are better than one: they earn a far greater 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. | Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how the body is formed in a woman’s womb, so you do not know the work of God, the Creator of all. |
| So remove sorrow from your heart and keep pain away from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. | Banish grief from your heart and ignore the sufferings of your body, for youth and the prime of life are fleeting. |
| 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. | When things are going well, be grateful for your blessings, and in times of adversity consider this: God has made both of them, so that we cannot predict with confidence what the future holds. |
| Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him. | The words of a wise man win favor, but a fool’s tongue is his undoing. |
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