1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Compare verse5 commentaries
2 Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Compare verse2 commentaries
3 Yes, better is he than both they, which has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. Compare verse2 commentaries
4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. Compare verse4 commentaries
8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither said he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a sore travail. Compare verse3 commentaries
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up. Compare verse8 commentaries
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? Compare verse2 commentaries
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Compare verse4 commentaries
13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. Compare verse2 commentaries
14 For out of prison he comes to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becomes poor. Compare verse2 commentaries
15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. Compare verse2 commentaries
16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. Compare verse2 commentaries