5The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.


In Context

2 And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

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

4 And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

5 The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.

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

7 Again I saw something meaningless 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 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:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.