Ecclesiastes 4:8

oon is, and he hath not a secounde; not a sone, not a brother; and netheles he ceesith not for to trauele, nether hise iyen ben fillid with richessis; nether he bithenkith, and seith, To whom trauele Y, and disseyue my soule in goodis? In this also is vanyte, and the worste turment.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

In Context

7I bihelde and foond also another vanytee vndir the sunne;

9Therfor it is betere, that tweyne be togidere than oon; for thei han profite of her felouschipe.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18And the Lord God seide, It is not good that a man be aloone, make we to hym an help lijk to hym silf.

Psalms 39:6Mi Lord God, thou hast maad thi merueils manye; and in thi thouytis noon is, that is lijk thee. I teld, and Y spak; and thei ben multiplied aboue noumbre.

Proverbs 27:20Helle and perdicioun schulen not be fillid; so and the iyen of men moun not be fillid.

Ecclesiastes 1:13and Y purposide in my soule to seke and enserche wiseli of alle thingis, that ben maad vndur the sunne. God yaf this werste ocupacioun to the sones of men, that thei schulden be ocupied therynne.

Ecclesiastes 4:9Therfor it is betere, that tweyne be togidere than oon; for thei han profite of her felouschipe.

Ecclesiastes 5:10Where ben many richessis, also many men ben, that eten tho; and what profitith it to the haldere, no but that he seeth richessis with hise iyen?

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