King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 4:7
“Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 4
5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6
Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.
7
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8
There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
9
Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
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