5
The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
6
`Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than two handfuls [with] labour and vexation of spirit.'
7
And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:
8
There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.
9
The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.