A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 4:8
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.
The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 4:7
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:9
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
- Ecclesiastes 4:10
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.