Ecclesiastes 4:5

Ecclesiastes chapter 4 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

King James Version · 1611

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

American Standard Version · 1901

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

v.4Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

v.5This passage

v.6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 24:33
Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Proverbs 6:10
Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 12:27
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of menis tothe diligent.
Isaiah 9:20
And one shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: