4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity¹ and a ^sstriving after wind.

5 The fool ^tfolds his hands and eats his own flesh.

6 ^uBetter is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun: 8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his ^veyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an ^wunhappy business.