Ecclesiastes 4:6 - Modern English Version

⁶ Better is a full hand of quietness than handfuls of toil and a chasing after 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."

Ecclesiastes 4:6 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 37:16

Better is a little that the righteous man has than the abundance of many wicked.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without justice.

Proverbs 17:1

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

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, everything is vanity and like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know the folly of ideas, and to know foolish behavior. I know that this as well is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Again, I turned and observed what was vanity under the sun: