Lectionary Calendar
Monday, November 3rd, 2025
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Interlinear Study Bible
Hebrew Language ⇌
Ecclesiastes 4:6
02896
ṭō·wḇ
ט֕וֹב
Better
Adjective
04393
mə·lō
מְלֹ֥א
full
Noun
03709
ḵap̄
כַ֖ף
[is] a handful
Noun
05183
nā·ḥaṯ;
נָ֑חַת
[with] quietness
Noun
04393
mim·mə·lō
מִמְּלֹ֥א
full
Noun
02651
ḥā·p̄ə·na·yim
חָפְנַ֛יִם
than both the hands
Noun
05999
‘ā·māl
עָמָ֖ל
[with] travail
Noun
07469
ū·rə·‘ūṯ
וּרְע֥וּת
and vexation
Noun
07307
rū·aḥ.
רֽוּחַ׃
of spirit
Noun
Aleppo Codex
טוב מלא כף נחת ממלא־חפנים עמל ורעות רוח
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
טֹ֕וב מְלֹ֥א כַ֖ף נָ֑חַת מִמְּלֹ֥א חָפְנַ֛יִם עָמָ֖ל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃
Masoretic Text (1524)
טוב מלא כף נחת ממלא חפנים עמל ורעות רוח
Westminster Leningrad Codex
טֹ֕וב מְלֹ֥א כַ֖ף נָ֑חַת מִמְּלֹ֥א חָפְנַ֛יִם עָמָ֖ל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃
Greek Septuagint
ἀγαθὸν πλήρωμα δρακὸς ἀναπαύσεως ὑπὲρ πλήρωμα δύο δρακῶν μόχθου καὶ προαιρέσεως πνεύματος.
Berean Study Bible
Better one handful ... with tranquility than two handfuls ... with toil and pursuit of the wind.
Better one handful ... with tranquility than two handfuls ... with toil and pursuit of the wind.
English Standard Version
Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind
Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind
Holman Christian Standard Version
Better one handful with rest than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.
Better one handful with rest than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.
King James Version
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Lexham English Bible
Better is
Better is
New American Standard Version
One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
World English Bible
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
