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Ecclesiastes 4:5


Ecclesiastes 4:4 Ecclesiastes 4:5 (KJV) Ecclesiastes 4:6
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The foolH3684 foldethH2263 his handsH3027 togetherH2263, and eatethH398 his own fleshH1320.


Original Hebrew

הַכְּסִיל חֹבֵק אֶת־יָדָיו וְאֹכֵל אֶת־בְּשָׂרֹו׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
הַ/כְּסִיל֙
ha./ke.Sil H3684 HTd/Aamsa the/ fool
חֹבֵ֣ק
cho.Vek H2263 HVqrmsa (is) folding
אֶת
'et- H853 HTo (obj.)
יָדָ֔י/ו
ya.Da/v H3027 HNcbdc/Sp3ms hands/ his
וְ/אֹכֵ֖ל
ve./'o.Khel H398 HC/Vqrmsa and/ (is) eating
אֶת
'et- H853 HTo (obj.)
בְּשָׂרֽ/וֹ
be.sa.R/o H1320 HNcmsc/Sp3ms own flesh/ his
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
  • H1320 — בָּשָׂר (bâsâr, baw-sawr'): from בָּשַׂר; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman; body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.
  • H2263 — חָבַק (châbaq, khaw-bak'): a primitive root; to clasp (the hands or in embrace); embrace, fold.
  • H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
  • H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

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