Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Ecclesiastes 4:5
Foldeth his hands - The envious man is here exhibited in the attitude of the sluggard (marginal references).
Eateth his own flesh - i. e., "Destroys himself:" compare a similar expression in Isaiah 49:26; Psalms 27:2; Micah 3:3.
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