Category: Ecclesiastes

American Standard Version (ASV):
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

King James Version (KJV):
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

King James Version (KJV):
Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

King James Version (KJV):
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

King James Version (KJV):
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

American Standard Version (ASV):
yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

King James Version (KJV):
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.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

King James Version (KJV):
Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

American Standard Version (ASV):
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

King James Version (KJV):
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.

American Standard Version (ASV):
I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.

King James Version (KJV):
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

American Standard Version (ASV):
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

King James Version (KJV):
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

American Standard Version (ASV):
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

King James Version (KJV):
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.