SinaiEcclesiastes 4:5
American Standard Version
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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Ecclesiastes 4:5 in other translations
The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 in context
- 3yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
- 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.
- 5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
- 6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
- 7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.