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Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Ecclesiastes 4:6 in other translations
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
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In context
3 And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.
4 Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighbour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:
6 Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
7 Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:
8 There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.
9 It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:
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