# Ecclesiastes 4

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 10 | 62.5%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 4 | 25%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 2 | 12.5%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 113 | 82.78%
NIV2011 changed words | 24 | 17.22%
NIV2011 removed words | 23 |
NIV2011 added words | 24 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
4:3 | NIV2011 | But better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun. | But better than both is he the one who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun. | But better than both is he the one who has not yet never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
4:4 | tNIV | And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. | And I saw that all labor toil and all achievement spring from man one person’s envy of his neighbor another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. | And I saw that all labor toil and all achievement spring from man one person’s envy of his neighbor another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
4:5 | tNIV | The fool folds his hands and ruins himself. | The fool folds his Fools fold their hands and ruins himself ruin themselves. | The fool folds his Fools fold their hands and ruins himself ruin themselves.
4:9 | tNIV | Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: | Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work labor: | Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work labor:
4:10 | NIV2011 | If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! | If one falls they fall down, his friend they can help him each other up. But pity the man those who falls fall and has have no one to help him them up! | If one either of them falls down, his friend one can help him the other up. But pity the man anyone who falls and has no one to help him them up !.
4:13 | tNIV | Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning. | Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take heed a warning. | Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take heed a warning.