LEB by section ECC 4:4

⌂ ← ECC 4:4–4:6 → ║ ©

People Need Balance in Their Approach to Labor

4 I also realized that all of the toil and all of the skillful work that is done—it is envy between one man and another.[fn] This alsois vanity and chasing wind!

5  so he has nothing to eat except his own skin[fn]
6 is one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.

?:? Literally “his friend”

?:? Literally “The fool folds his hands and eats his flesh”

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