Ecclesiastes 4:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Better `is' a handful `with' quietness, than two handfuls `with' labour and vexation of spirit.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better `is' a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it. 17 Better `is' an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better `is' a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better `is' a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 Better `is' the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better `is' a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

  • Eccl 6:7-9
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    7All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

    8For what advantage `is' to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?

    9Better `is' the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 4:3-5
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    3And better than both of them `is' he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

    4And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

    5The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better `is' a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

  • Eccl 2:20-26
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    20And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labour `is' in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this `is' vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

    23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.

    24There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it `is' from the hand of God.

    25For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I?

    26For to a man who `is' good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 4:7-9
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    7And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

    8There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and `he saith not', `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

    9The two `are' better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,

    11and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better `is' a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

  • Eccl 5:10-12
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    10Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied `with' silver, nor he who is in love with stores `with' increase. Even this `is' vanity.

    11In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit `is' to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

    12Sweet `is' the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

  • Prov 6:10
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    10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16Better `is' the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

  • Prov 24:33
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    33A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?

  • Eccl 1:17
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    17And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this `is' vexation of spirit;

  • Eccl 5:14
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    14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17And I have hated life, for sad to me `is' the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 1:8
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    8All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16And this also `is' a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage `is' to him who laboureth for wind?

  • Eccl 1:14
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    14I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit!

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

  • Ps 128:2
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    2The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy `art' thou, and good `is' to thee.

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike `are' good.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant `is' the fool to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 21:5
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    5The purposes of the diligent `are' only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips `is' only to want.

  • Prov 25:24
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    24Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than `with' a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

  • Ps 127:2
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    2Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18Lo, that which I have seen: `It is' good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it `is' his portion.