Ecclesiastes 4:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Better one handful with rest than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full with painful effort, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

But better is resting with one handful than working hard for two fistfuls and chasing after wind.

"A handful with rest is better than both hands filled with labors and with affliction of the soul."

Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.

Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.

Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. ,

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

Again, I saw futility under the sun:

Naisc urraithe