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. | 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! |
Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. | And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
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To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven. | For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. |
He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. | 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 were the former days better than these?” For you do not inquire wisely concerning 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 reward for their labor. | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. |
As you do not know what is the way of the wind, Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works 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. |
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, And put away evil from your flesh, For childhood and youth are vanity. | Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. |
In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing 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. |
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up. | The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. |