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Ecclesiastes 4:6

mBetter is an handful with nquietness, than both the hands full with travail and jvexation of spirit.

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Ecclesiastes 4:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

Better one handful with tranquillity

than two handfuls with toil

and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

And yet,

“Better to have one handful with quietness

than two handfuls with hard work

and chasing the wind.”

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Better a handful with quietness

Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

Maybe so, but I say it is better to be content

with what little you have.

Otherwise, you will always be struggling for more,

and that is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

One handful of peace and quiet is better than two handfuls of hard work and of trying to catch the wind. 

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Better one handful with rest

than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Better is a handful with quiet

than two handfuls with toil,

and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Better is one handful with peace

than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

One handful with peace and quiet

is better than two handfuls with hard work.

Working too hard is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.


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