Ecclesiastes 4:6 - Tree of Life Version

⁶ Better is a handful with tranquility than two handfuls of toil and striving after 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."

Ecclesiastes 4:6 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 37:16

Better a little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked.

Proverbs 16:8

Better a little with righteousness than much income without justice.

Proverbs 17:1

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

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the deeds done under the sun; and behold, all is meaningless and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I applied my heart to know wisdom as well as to know madness and folly. I learned that this too was pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Again I saw something futile under the sun: