5The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.


In Context

2 Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

3 Yes, better is he than both they, which has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:5The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh: