4. I also realized that all of the toil and all of the skillful work that is done—it is envy between one man and another. This also is vanity and chasing wind!
5. The fool refuses to work with his hands, so he has nothing to eat except his own skin!
6. Better is one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.
7. I turned again and saw another vanity under the sun.
8. Sometimes a man is all alone with no companion; he also has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eye is not satisfied with wealth. He laments, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity—it is an unhappy business!
9. Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil.
10. For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is no one to help him up.
11. Also if two lie together, they can keep each other warm. But how can one person be warm?