Ecclesiastes 4:6
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Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.

Psalm 37:16 Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

Proverbs 15:16,17 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content. . . .

Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.

Context
The Evil of Oppression
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying: 6Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.7Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:…
Cross References
Proverbs 15:16
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content.

Proverbs 15:17
It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,

Ecclesiastes 4:7
Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:

Lexicon
Better
ט֕וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

one handful
מְלֹ֥א (mə·lō)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4393: Fullness, that which fills

with tranquility
נָ֑חַת (nā·ḥaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5183: A descent, imposition, unfavorable, favorable, restfulness

than two handfuls
מִמְּלֹ֥א (mim·mə·lō)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4393: Fullness, that which fills

with toil
עָמָ֖ל (‘ā·māl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

and pursuit
וּרְע֥וּת (ū·rə·‘ūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7469: A feeding upon, grasping after

of the wind.
רֽוּחַ׃ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit


Additional Translations
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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