5 The fool folds his hands and does no work,so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.
6 Better is one handful with some restthan two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.
7 So I again considered another futile thing on earth:
8 A man who is all alone with no companion,he has no children nor siblings;yet there is no end to all his toil,and he is never satisfied with riches.He laments, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?”This also is futile and a burdensome task!
9 Two people are better than one,because they can reap more benefit from their labor.
10 For if they fall, one will help his companion up,but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.
11 Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm,but how can one person keep warm by himself?