Ecclesiastes 4:6

Ecclesiastes chapter 4 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

v.6This passage

v.7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

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

Proverbs 15:16
Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Psalms 37:16
Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.