Ecclesiastes 4:4
“¶ Againe I considered all trauaile, and euery right worke, that for this a man is enuied of his neighbour: this is also vanitie, and vexation of spirit.”
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Ecclesiastes 4:4 Context
2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more then the liuing which are yet aliue. 3Yea better is he then both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seene the euill worke that is done vnder the Sunne. 4¶ Againe I considered all trauaile, and euery right worke, that for this a man is enuied of his neighbour: this is also vanitie, and vexation of spirit. 5The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth his owne flesh. 6Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then both the hands full with trauell and vexation of spirit.
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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.
- King James Version
I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is {the result of} rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
- New American Standard Version (1995)