Ecclesiastes 4:4

2 ^aTherefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.

3 ^aYet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

The Vanity of Selfish Toil

4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

5 ^aThe fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.

6 ^aBetter a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

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Ecclesiastes 4:5 >>

Interlinear Bible for Ecclesiastes 4:4:

Again, I
'aniy (#589) considered
ra'ah (#7200)
'eth (#853) all
kol (#3605) travail,
`amal (#5999) and every
kol (#3605) right
kishrown (#3788) work,
ma`aseh (#4639) that
kiy (#3588) for this
huw' (#1931) a man
'iysh (#376) is envied
qin'ah (#7068) of his neighbor.
min (#4480) This
zeh (#2088) is also
gam (#1571) vanity
hebel (#1892) and vexation
r`uwth (#7469) of spirit.
ruwach (#7307)

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