Ecclesiastes 4:6
טוֹב מְלֹא כַף נָחַת מִמְּלֹא חָפְנַיִם עָמָל וּרְעוּת רֽוּחַ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
In Context
5הַכְּסִיל חֹבֵק אֶת ־ יָדָיו וְאֹכֵל אֶת ־ בְּשָׂרֽוֹ ׃
7וְשַׁבְתִּי אֲנִי וָאֶרְאֶה הֶבֶל תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 15:16טוֹב ־ מְעַט בְּיִרְאַת יְהוָה מֵאוֹצָר רָב וּמְהוּמָה בֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 16:8טוֹב ־ מְעַט בִּצְדָקָה מֵרֹב תְּבוּאוֹת בְּלֹא מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃
Ecclesiastes 1:14רָאִיתִי אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הַֽמַּעֲשִׂים שֶֽׁנַּעֲשׂוּ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְהִנֵּה הַכֹּל הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רֽוּחַ ׃
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:5-7
The Prevalence of Oppression. 4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. Here Solomon returns to the observation and consideration of the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend the business of this world, which he had spoken of before, ch. ii.… Read the whole commentary →