ECC 4:6 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Better is a full palm of quiet
⇔ than the full hollow of both hands with toil and striving after wind.

UST So some say, “It is better to be content with working quietly for a little bit of money,
⇔ than to work anxiously and try to get a lot of money,
⇔ which is as useless as trying to control the wind.”

BSB Better one handful with tranquility
⇔ than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

OEB Better a single handful of quiet,
⇔ And a chasing of the wind.

WEB Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

NET Better is one handful with some rest
 ⇔ than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

LSV “Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than two handfuls [with] labor and distress of spirit.”

FBV It's better to earn a little[fn] without stress than a lot with too much stress and chasing after the wind.

4:6 Literally, “one handful.”

T4T So I say, “It is better to be content with not having much money,
⇔ than to work very hard and try to get a lot of money,
⇔ which is as useless as chasing the wind.”

LEB • is one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.
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BBE One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

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JPS Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.

ASV Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

DRA Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.

YLT 'Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than two handfuls [with] labour and vexation of spirit.'

DBY Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.

RV Better is an handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and striving after wind.

WBS Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.

KJB Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
(Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. )

BB One handfull saith he is better with rest, then both the handes full with labour and trauayle of mynde.
(One handfull saith he is better with rest, then both the hands full with labour and trauayle of mind.)

GNV Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.

CB One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.
(One handfull (saieth he) is better with rest, the both ye/you_all hands full with labour and trauayle.)

WYC and seith, Betere is an handful with reste, than euer either hondful with trauel and turment of soule.
(and seith, Betere is an handful with reste, than ever either hondful with trauel and torment of soule.)

LUT Es ist besser eine Hand voll mit Ruhe denn beide Fäuste voll mit Mühe und Jammer.
(It is besser one Hand voll with Ruhe because beide Fäuste voll with Mühe and Yammer.)

CLV Melior est pugillus cum requie, quam plena utraque manus cum labore et afflictione animi.
(Melior it_is pugillus when/with requie, how plena utraque manus when/with labore and afflictione animi. )

BRN Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of trouble and waywardness of spirit.

BrLXX Ἀγαθὸν πλήρωμα δρακὸς ἀναπαύσεως ὑπὲρ πληρώματα δύο δρακῶν μόχθου καὶ προαιρέσεως πνεύματος.
(Agathon plaʸrōma drakos anapauseōs huper plaʸrōmata duo drakōn moⱪthou kai proaireseōs pneumatos. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) a handful

(Some words not found in UHB: good full hand rest than,full fists toil and,chasing wind )

Alternate translation: “a small amount”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

(Occurrence 0) two handfuls

(Some words not found in UHB: good full hand rest than,full fists toil and,chasing wind )

“a large amount.” It is understood that this refer to profit gained. Alternate translation: “two handfuls of profit” or “a large amount of profit”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) that tries to shepherd the wind

(Some words not found in UHB: good full hand rest than,full fists toil and,chasing wind )

The author speaks of everything that people do as being useless as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated a similar phrase in Ecclesiastes 1:14. Alternate translation: “that is as useless as trying to control the wind”

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