Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves. New Living Translation “Fools fold their idle hands, leading them to ruin.” English Standard Version The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh. Berean Standard Bible The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh. King James Bible The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. New King James Version The fool folds his hands And consumes his own flesh. New American Standard Bible The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh. NASB 1995 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh. NASB 1977 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh. Legacy Standard Bible The fool folds his hands in embrace and consumes his own flesh. Amplified Bible The fool folds his hands [together] and consumes his own flesh [destroying himself by idleness and apathy]. Christian Standard Bible The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh. Holman Christian Standard Bible The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh. American Standard Version The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. Contemporary English Version Fools will fold their hands and starve to death. English Revised Version The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. GOD'S WORD® Translation A fool folds his hands and wastes away. Good News Translation They say that we would be fools to fold our hands and let ourselves starve to death. International Standard Version The fool crosses his arms and starves himself. Majority Standard Bible The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh. NET Bible The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh. New Heart English Bible The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself. Webster's Bible Translation The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. World English Bible The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh: Young's Literal Translation The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh: Smith's Literal Translation The foolish one folded his hands together, and ate his flesh. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying: Catholic Public Domain Version The foolish man folds his hands together, and he consumes his own flesh, saying: New American Bible “Fools fold their arms and consume their own flesh”— New Revised Standard Version Fools fold their hands and consume their own flesh. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe fool folds his hands together and suffers hunger. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The fool clasps his hands and eats his flesh OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The fool foldeth his hands together, And eateth his own flesh. Brenton Septuagint Translation The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Evil of Oppression…4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. 5The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh. 6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.… Cross References Proverbs 6:9-11 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? / A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, / and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit. Proverbs 24:30-34 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. / Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. / I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: ... Proverbs 19:15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger. Proverbs 21:25-26 The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work. / All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint. Proverbs 26:14-16 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. / The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. / The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly. 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” / For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies. / We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living. Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor. Proverbs 13:4 The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied. Matthew 25:24-30 Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. / So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’ / ‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. ... Proverbs 10:4 Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. Proverbs 15:19 The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. Proverbs 20:4 The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there. 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. / Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone. Proverbs 18:9 Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys. Proverbs 14:23 There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty. Treasury of Scripture The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. fool Proverbs 6:10,11 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: … Proverbs 12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. eateth that is with envy Job 13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? Proverbs 11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. Isaiah 9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: Jump to Previous Body Clasping Consumes Eateth Eating Eats Flesh Foldeth Folding Folds Food Fool Foolish Hands Ruins TogetherJump to Next Body Clasping Consumes Eateth Eating Eats Flesh Foldeth Folding Folds Food Fool Foolish Hands Ruins TogetherEcclesiastes 4 1. vanity is increased unto men by oppression4. by envy 5. by idleness 7. by covetousness 9. by solitariness 13. by willfulness The fool In the Hebrew text, the word for "fool" is "כְּסִיל" (kesil), which often denotes someone who is morally deficient or lacking in wisdom. In the context of Ecclesiastes, the "fool" is not merely someone who lacks intelligence, but rather someone who rejects the wisdom and instruction of God. This term is used throughout the wisdom literature to contrast with the wise, who fear the Lord and live according to His commandments. The fool's behavior is self-destructive, as he chooses idleness over productive labor, which is a theme Solomon explores to highlight the futility of a life lived apart from divine wisdom. folds his hands and consumes his own flesh Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The foolהַכְּסִיל֙ (hak·kə·sîl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool folds חֹבֵ֣ק (ḥō·ḇêq) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2263: To clasp, embrace his hands יָדָ֔יו (yā·ḏāw) Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand and consumes וְאֹכֵ֖ל (wə·’ō·ḵêl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat his own flesh. בְּשָׂרֽוֹ׃ (bə·śā·rōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man Links Ecclesiastes 4:5 NIVEcclesiastes 4:5 NLT Ecclesiastes 4:5 ESV Ecclesiastes 4:5 NASB Ecclesiastes 4:5 KJV Ecclesiastes 4:5 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 4:5 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 4:5 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 4:5 French Bible Ecclesiastes 4:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 4:5 The fool folds his hands together (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) |
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