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


In Context

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:

8 There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. "For whom am I toiling," he asked, "and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?" This too is meaningless- a miserable business!

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 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.'

The American 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.