Ecc 4:4-6 | ESV | STEP | Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor . This also is vanity and a striving after wind .

Ecclesiastes 4:4-6

4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is ^avanity ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)} and a striving after wind.

5 The fool ^cfolds his hands and ^deats his own flesh.

6 ^eBetter is a handful of ^fquietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.