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


In Context

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.

8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither said he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a sore travail.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and striving after wind.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.'