Ecclesiastes 4:3-5
Legacy Standard Bible
3 But (A)better off than both of them is the one who never has been, who has never seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 I have seen that every labor and every (B)success of the work is the result of jealousy between a man and his neighbor. This too is [a](C)vanity and striving after wind. 5 The fool (D)folds his hands in embrace and (E)consumes his own flesh.
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Ecclesiastes 4:3-5
New International Version
3 But better than both
is the one who has never been born,(A)
who has not seen the evil
that is done under the sun.(B)
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.(C)
5 Fools fold their hands(D)
and ruin themselves.
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