6Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
6Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
3 And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.
4 Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighhour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:
6 Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
7 Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:
8 There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.
4:6Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.
4:6Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
4:6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
4:6Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.
4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and striving after wind.
4:6Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.
4:6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
4:6Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.'
4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.