Ecclesiastes 4:5

5 Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves.

Ecclesiastes 4:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
ESV
5 The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
NLT
5 “Fools fold their idle hands, leading them to ruin.”
MSG
5 The fool sits back and takes it easy, His sloth is slow suicide.
CSB
5 The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:5 In-Context

3 But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
5 Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves.
6 Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
7 Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Proverbs 6:10
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