Ecclesiastes 4:6
'Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.'This verse in the real world
In what words
- חֹפֶןchôphena fist (only in the dual)
- נַחַתNachatha descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); restfulness
- רְעוּתrᵉʻûwtha feeding upon, i.e. grasping after
- מְלֹאmᵉlôʼfulness (literally or figuratively)
- עָמָלʻâmâltoil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
- כַּףkaphthe hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.