Ecclesiastes 4:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ Maybe that is true. But I say it is better to be satisfied with the few things you have than to always be struggling to get more.

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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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Psalm 37:16

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Proverbs 16:8

It is better to gain only a little the right way than to gain much through cheating.

Proverbs 17:1

It is better to have only a dry piece of bread to eat in peace than to have a whole house full of food with everyone arguing.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I looked at all the things done on earth, and I saw that it is all a waste of time. It is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [6]}

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I decided to learn how wisdom and knowledge are better than thinking foolish things. But I learned that trying to become wise is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [7]}

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Again I saw something else that didn’t make sense: