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.
10. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up.