Ecclesiastes 4:6

WEB

⁶Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

KJV

⁶Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

BSB

⁶Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

FBV

⁶It's better to earn a little^[+] without stress than a lot with too much stress and chasing after the wind.

Extra References

Proverbs 16:8

⁸Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Proverbs 15:16-17

¹⁶Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble. ¹⁷Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

Psalms 37:16

¹⁶Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

Proverbs 17:1

¹Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.