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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
Christian Standard Bible
The Loneliness of Wealth
4 I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another.(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.[a](B)
5 The fool folds his arms(C)
and consumes his own flesh.(D)
6 Better one handful with rest
than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.(E)
Footnotes
- 4:4 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit; also in vv. 6,16
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