English Bible Presentation Sharing - Ecclesiastes Book, chapter 4, verse 27 in Nlt Version

Ecclesiastes 4 : 1 (NLT)

Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 2 (NLT)

So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 3 (NLT)

But most fortunate of all are those who are not yet born. For they have not seen all the evil that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 4 (NLT)

Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless-- like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 5 (NLT)

"Fools fold their idle hands, leading them to ruin."

Ecclesiastes 4 : 6 (NLT)

And yet, "Better to have one handful with quietness than two handfuls with hard work and chasing the wind."

Ecclesiastes 4 : 7 (NLT)

I observed yet another example of something meaningless under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 8 (NLT)

This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, "Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?" It is all so meaningless and depressing.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 9 (NLT)

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 10 (NLT)

If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 11 (NLT)

Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone?

Ecclesiastes 4 : 12 (NLT)

A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 13 (NLT)

It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who refuses all advice.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 14 (NLT)

Such a youth could rise from poverty and succeed. He might even become king, though he has been in prison.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 15 (NLT)

But then everyone rushes to the side of yet another youth who replaces him.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 16 (NLT)

Endless crowds stand around him, but then another generation grows up and rejects him, too. So it is all meaningless-- like chasing the wind.