Eccl.4.4

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Eccl.4.4

Then I observed all the work and ambition motivated by envy. What a waste! Smoke. And spitting into the wind.

Eccl.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.

Eccl.4.4

Then I observed that most people are motivated to success by their envy of their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.