Ecclesiastes 4:5
5 Fools fold their handsk
and ruin themselves.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)
5 The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)
5 “Fools fold their idle hands,
leading them to ruin.”
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
5 The fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — New Century Version (NCV)
5 Some say it is foolish to fold your hands and do nothing,
because you will starve to death.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
5 A fool folds his hands and wastes away.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
5 The fool folds his arms
and consumes his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
5 Fools fold their hands
and consume their own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
5 The fool refuses to work with his hands,
so he has nothing to eat except his own skin!
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
5 A foolish person folds his hands and doesn’t work.
And that destroys him.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
5 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.