⁷ Then I looked again at vanity under the sun. ⁸ There was a certain man without a second man, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, ^(A)his eyes were not satisfied with riches—“And ^(B)for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of good?” This too is vanity, and it is a ^(C)grievous endeavor.

⁹ Two are better than one because they have good wages for their labor.