Ecclesiastes 4:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ Better one handful with rest than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ 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)

⁶ Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

Common English Bible

⁶ But better is resting with one handful than working hard for two fistfuls and chasing after wind.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ "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

⁶ Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.

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Proverbs 16:8

Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.

Proverbs 17:1

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

Ecclesiastes 1:14

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

Ecclesiastes 1:17

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

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Again, I saw futility under the sun: