Ecclesiastes 4:7-9

Lexham English Bible

Wealth without Someone with Which to Enjoy It is Futile

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^[a] of pleasure?” This also is vanity—it is an unhappy business!

Friends and Family Can Help One Another in Life

⁹ Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil.