The one who is without a wife is without good.
A lonely life without a wife is not good. A lonely man is in a bad situation.
("It is not good for man to be alone - hence the wise men said: "He who is poor without a wife is poor without a good: I will make him a helper as his opposite. For a woman who helps a man, who brings wheat to grind and bake, and brings flax and spins and makes his clothes and clothes him and makes him stand on his feet, is a helper, not a helper as his opposite." - Midrash Agada (Buber) At the beginning of chapter 2, it says: "He was a servant without a wife, and sometimes a woman would come to him and sit with him" - Agnon/ Tamol Shilshom, 56)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הַשָּׁרוּי בְּלֹא אִשָּׁה שָׁרוּי בְּלֹא טוֹבָה
Definition (Hebrew)
חַיִּים עֲרִירִיִּים לְלֹא בַּת זוּג אֵינָם טוֹבִים. אָדָם בּוֹדֵד שָׁרוּי בְּמַצָּב לֹא טוֹב.
("לֹא טוֹב הֱיוֹת הָאָדָם לְבַדּוֹ- מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים הַשָּׁרוּי בְּלֹא אִשָּׁה שָׁרוּי בְּלֹא טוֹבָה: אֶעֱשֶׂה לּוֹ עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ. שֶׁהָאִשָּׁה עוֹזֶרֶת לָאָדָם, מֵבִיא חִטִּים טוֹחֶנֶת וְאוֹפָה, וּמֵבִיא פִּשְׁתָּן וְטוֹוֶה וְעוֹשֶׂה בְּגָדִים וּמַלְבִּישָׁתוֹ וּמֵעֲמִידָתוֹ עַל רַגְלָיו, זָכָה עֵזֶר, לֹא זָכָה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ"- מִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (בּוּבֶּר) בְּרֵאשִׁית פֶּרֶק ב, וְכֵן:"הוּא הָיָה שָׁרוּי בְּלֹא אִשָּׁה,וּפְעָמִים שֶׁאִשָּׁה בָּאָה אֶצְלוֹ וְיוֹשֶׁבֶת עִמּוֹ"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 56)