Ecclesiastes 4:6
“Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Better is a handful with quietness,.... These are the words of the fool, according to Aben Ezra; and which is the sense…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Either the fool’s sarcasm on his successful but restless neighbor; or the comment of Solomon recommending contentment…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
Here Solomon returns to the observation and consideration of the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend the business…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Better is a handful with quietness The preposition is in both clauses an interpolation, and we should read "a handful of…
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