Ecclesiastes 4 - NCB & NKJV

Then I came to realize that all toil and skill in work… Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I came to realize that all toil and skill in work derive from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chase after the wind. Ecclesiastes 4:4	Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. work neighbor desires
Two are better than one: they earn a far greater reward for their toil. Ecclesiastes 4:9	Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. friendship relationships work

And if one should fall, his companion will help him up. How pathetic is the man who is alone and falls and has no one to assist him to his feet. Ecclesiastes 4:10	For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. relationships friendship neighbor
And where a single man can be overcome, two together will be able to resist. A cord with three strands is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12	Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. relationships friendship strength