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Ecclesiastes 4

Eccl. 4:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
q is an handful
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
with quietness
Nachath (Hebrew #5183)
a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); also (intransitively; perhaps from 5117), restfulness
KJV usage: lighting down, quiet(-ness), to rest, be set on.
Pronounce: nakh'-ath
Origin: from 5182
, than both the hands
chophen (Hebrew #2651)
a fist (only in the dual)
KJV usage: fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful).
Pronounce: kho'-fen
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain signification
full
mlo' (Hebrew #4393)
or mlow (Ezekiel 41:8), {mel-o'}; from 4390; fulness (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X all along, X all that is (there-)in, fill, (X that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand- )full, multitude.
Pronounce: mel-o'
Origin: rarely mlowf {mel-o'}
with travail
`amal (Hebrew #5999)
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
KJV usage: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
Pronounce: aw-mawl'
Origin: from 5998
and vexation
r`uwth (Hebrew #7469)
a feeding upon, i.e. grasping after
KJV usage: vexation.
Pronounce: reh-ooth'
Origin: probably from 7462
of spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
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Prov. 15:16‑17• 16Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith.
 17Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith. (Prov. 15:16‑17)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 37:16• 16The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked; (Psa. 37:16)
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Prov. 15:16‑17• 16Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith.
 17Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith. (Prov. 15:16‑17)
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Prov. 16:8• 8Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. (Prov. 16:8)
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Prov. 17:1• 1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife. (Prov. 17:1)
• And true enough this is, as every man who has tested things at all in this world will confirm, Accumulation brings with it only disappointment and added care―everything is permeated with a common poison; and here the wisdom of the old is, in one sense, in full harmony with the higher wisdom of the new, which says “godliness, with contentment, is great gain,” and “having food and raiment, let us be therewith content.” (“Ecclesiastes 4” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Better is a handful withk quietness, than both hands full witha labour and pursuit of the wind.

JND Translation Notes

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k
Or "of."
a
Or "of."