5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.


In Context

2 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

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

4 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

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

7 Then I returned and 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 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.