Ecclesiastes 4:6 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Ecclesiastes 4:6 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 37:16

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.