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Ecclesiastes 4:5-7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Ecclesiastes 4:5-7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
5 Fools fold their hands
and consume their own flesh.
6 Better is a handful with quiet
than two handfuls with toil,
and a chasing after wind.[a]
7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun:
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- Ecclesiastes 4:6 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
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