^{1 Ref} And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

^{2 Ref} So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

^{3 Ref} Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

^{4 Ref} And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

^{5 Ref} The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

^{6 Ref} One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

^{7 Ref} Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

^{8 Ref} It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.