“Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.”
— WEB
Ecclesiastes 4:6
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.”
— KJV
“Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.”
— ASV
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Commentary
Hebrew; "One open hand (palm) full of quietness, than both closed hands full of travail." "Quietness" (mental tranquillity flowing from honest labor), opposed to "eating one's own flesh" (Ecc 4:5), also opposed to anxious labor to gain (Ecc 4:8; Pro 15:16-17; Pro 16:8).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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