New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 4:4-5

4I have seen that every labor and every 1skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is 2 3vanity and striving after wind.

5The fool 4folds his hands and 5consumes his own flesh.

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Notes

1. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Eccl 2:21 ↩
2. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Or futility, and so throughout the ch ↩
3. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Eccl 1:14 ↩
4. Ecclesiastes 4:5 Prov 6:10; 24:33 ↩
5. Ecclesiastes 4:5 Is 9:20 ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 4

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
Rashi on Tanakh
Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
John Wesley’s Notes
Darby Translation Notes
Geneva Bible Translation Notes
Kingcomments
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
EGW Writings