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Ecclesiastes 4:6 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 4 · verse 6 · King James Version
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.Ecclesiastes 4:6 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 4:6 in context
4Again, 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.
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8There 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.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- quietnessNachatha descentH5183 →
- vexationrᵉʻûwtha feeding uponH7469 →
- handfulkaphthe hollow hand or palmH3709 →
- travailʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- Betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- handschôphena fistH2651 →
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