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Ecclesiastes 4:5

World English Bible

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

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Ecclesiastes 4:5 in other translations

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:5 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 4:5 in context

  1. 3Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
  2. 4Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
  3. 5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
  4. 6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
  5. 7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.