Ecclesiastes 4:9-16

⁹Having someone work with you is better than being by yourself all the time. If you have a friend, he can help you to do your work.

¹⁰If you fall down, he can help you get up again. But if you fall down when you are alone, it will be difficult for you, because there will,be no one to help you stand up.

¹¹Similarly, if two people sleep together, they can keep each other warm. But someone who sleeps alone will certainly not RHQ be warm.

¹²Someone who is alone can easily be attacked and defeated by another person, but two people can help each other and ◄resist/defend themselves against► someone who attacks them. Three people can defend themselves even more easily, like a rope that is made from three cords is harder to break than a rope made from two cords.

¹³A young man who is poor but wise is a better person than a foolish old king who refuses to pay attention when people try to give him good advice.

¹⁴It is possible for a young man like that to succeed and some day become king, even if his parents were poor or even if he was in prison some of the time.

¹⁵But then some other young man becomes king, and everyone ◄starts to support/is pleased with► him.

¹⁶Large crowds of people crowd around him. But after a few years, they will reject him, too. So it is all senseless, like chasing after the wind.