KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Ecclesiastes 4:5–7
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Ecclesiastes 4:5
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
5*The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth his owne flesh.
- Prou.6.10 and 24.33.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
6*Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then both the hands full with trauell and vexation of spirit.
- Prou. 15.16. and 16.18.
Ecclesiastes 4:7
7¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
7¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanitie vnder the Sunne.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 4:5
A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding; as a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Folds; bends, wraps, or closes by doubling.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Eats; takes food into the mouth and consumes it.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The soft substance of the body; also the body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 4:6
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A state of rest; stillness.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Painful toil or labour, especially the labour and pain of childbirth.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Trouble, distress, irritation, or that which wearies and afflicts the mind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Ecclesiastes 4:7
Came, sent, or gave back; restored or repaid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Emptiness, worthlessness, transience, futile desire, or excessive self-regard.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 5
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Open the full verse study20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
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Open the full verse study10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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Open the full verse study4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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Open the full verse study14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
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Open the full verse study4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Open the full verse study17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
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Open the full verse study27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
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Open the full verse study33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
From verse 6
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Open the full verse study16Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
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Open the full verse study8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
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Open the full verse study16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
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Open the full verse study1BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
From verse 7
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Open the full verse study1SO I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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Open the full verse study33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
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Open the full verse study6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
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