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Ecclesiastes 4:6

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

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of trouble and waywardness of spirit.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of trouble and waywardness of spirit.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
King James Version

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