Ecclesiastes 4:6-8

Complete Jewish Bible

⁷ Then I turned my attention to something else under the sun that is pointless: ⁸ the situation in which a solitary individual without a companion, with neither son nor brother, keeps on working endlessly but never has enough wealth. “For whom” [he should ask], “am I working so hard and denying myself pleasure?” This too is truly pointless, a sorry business.