Ecclesiastes 4:5
3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 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.
6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Dåren legger hendene i fanget og tærer på sitt eget kjøtt.
- OTB
- Dåren sitter ledig og fører ruin over seg selv.
- B1930
- Dåren legger hendene i fanget og tærer på sitt eget kjøtt.
- BSB
- The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
- KJV
- The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
- WEB
- The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
- ASV
- The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
- DARBY
- The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
- BLB
- The fool is folding his hands and is eating his own flesh.
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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:
Les i sammenhengProverbs 6:10–11
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Les i sammenhengProverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Les i sammenhengJob 13:14
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Les i sammenhengProverbs 12:27
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 11:17
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 24:33–34
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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