Ecclesiastes 4:4-8 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

4. Then I saw that all toil and skillful work is the rivalry of one person with another. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

5. “Fools fold their armsand consume their own flesh”—

6. Better is one handful with tranquilitythan two with toil and a chase after wind!

7. Again I saw this vanity under the sun:

8. those all alone with no companion, with neither child nor sibling—with no end to all their toil, and no satisfaction from riches. For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good things? This also is vanity and a bad business.

Ecclesiastes 4