Parallel Verses
King James 2000
The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.
New American Standard Bible
The fool
King James Version
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Holman Bible
and consumes his own flesh.
International Standard Version
The fool crosses his arms and starves himself.
American Standard Version
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Amplified
The fool folds his hands [together] and consumes his own flesh [destroying himself by idleness and apathy].
Bible in Basic English
The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.
Darby Translation
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Julia Smith Translation
The foolish one folded his hands together, and ate his flesh.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{The fool refuses to work with his hands, so he has nothing to eat except his own skin}!
Modern King James verseion
The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth up his own flesh.
NET Bible
The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.
New Heart English Bible
The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
The Emphasized Bible
The dullard, claspeth his hands, and consumeth his own flesh.
Webster
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
World English Bible
The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
Youngs Literal Translation
The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
Themes
Interlinear
Yad
References
Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Ecclesiastes 4:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
People Need Balance In Their Approach To Labor
4 Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind. 5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. 6 Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with toil and grasping for the wind.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 9:20
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall devour on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
Job 13:14
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Proverbs 6:10-11
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Proverbs 12:27
The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 24:33-34
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: