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Ecclesiastes 4:5-7
Contemporary English Version
Ecclesiastes 4:5-7
Contemporary English Version
5 Fools will fold their hands
and starve to death.
6 Yet a very little food
eaten in peace
is better than twice as much
earned from overwork
and chasing the wind.[a]
7 Once again I saw that nothing on earth makes sense.
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- 4.6 chasing the wind: See the note at 1.14.
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