Ecclesiastes 4:6 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ "A handful with rest is better than both hands filled with labors and with affliction of the soul."

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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.

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.

English Standard Version 2016

⁶ Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 交叉引用

Psalm 37:16

For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with justice, than many fruits with iniquity.

Proverbs 17:1

A dry morsel with gladness is better than a house full of sacrifices along with conflict.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

While considering this, I also discovered another vanity under the sun.