Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 I have seen that every labor and every (A)skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is (B)futility and striving after wind. 5 The fool (C)folds his hands and (D)consumes his own flesh. 6 One hand full of rest is (E)better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
New King James Version
The Vanity of Selfish Toil
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.
5 (A)The fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.
6 (B)Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.
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