Ecclesiastes 4:6
King James Version (KJV)
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
In context
4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth 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; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
- WEB World English Bible
- Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than two handfuls [with] labour and vexation of spirit.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.