Ecclesiastes 4:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ 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.

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WEB

World English Bible

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 4

² So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

³ But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

⁴ I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

⁵ The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

⁶ Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

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