Ecclesiastes 4:6
“Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then both the hands full with trauell and vexation of spirit.”
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Ecclesiastes 4:6 Context
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. 7¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanitie vnder the Sunne. 8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither childe nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, neither sayth hee, For whom doe I labour, and bereaue my soule of good? this is also vanitie, yea it is a sore trauell.
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Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.
- King James Version
One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
- New American Standard Version (1995)