4 And I saw that all the toil and skill of the work bring envy between man and his neighbour. That too is futile and feeding on wind.
5 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
6 Better is a hand filled with rest than both hands filled with toil and feeding on wind.
7 Then I looked again at futility under the sun:
8 There is one, without a second, who has neither son nor brother. And there is no end to all his labours. His eye also is not satisfied with riches. “And for whom am I toiling and depriving myself of good?” That too is futility, and an evil task.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour.
10 For if they fall, one lifts his companion up. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up.