2 Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
3 And I thought that better is he than both of them who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil works that are done under the sun.
4 Again, I considered all travail and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
5 The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh.
6 Better is a handful with rest than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
7 Then I returned, and I saw another vanity under the sun.
8 It is the man who is alone, without a successor, who has neither son 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 and sore travail.