Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one alone, and there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.
9Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.
Cross References
Genesis 2:18Also the Lord God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.
Psalms 39:6Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
Proverbs 27:20The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 1:13And I haue giuen mine heart to search and finde out wisdome by all things that are done vnder the heauen: (this sore trauaile hath GOD giuen to the sonnes of men, to humble them thereby)
Ecclesiastes 4:9Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.
Ecclesiastes 5:10When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:8-13
The Vanity of Human Wishes. 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. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is… Read the whole commentary →