Ecclesiastes 4:4-6

World English Bible

⁴Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

⁵The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself. ⁶Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4-6

Common English Bible

⁴I also observed that people work hard and become good at what they do only out of mutual envy. This too is pointless, just wind chasing.

⁵Fools fold their hands and eat their own flesh.
⁶ But better is resting with one handful
than working hard for two fistfuls and chasing after wind.

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