Ecclesiastes 4:6 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. 更多版本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. English Standard Version 2016 Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind. |
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.