3 Yea, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind.
5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.
6 Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with toil and grasping for the wind.
7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither says he, For whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a heavy travail.
9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.