Ecclesiastes 4:1 (NLT)

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Ecclesiastes 4:5 - “Fools fold their idle hands,
leading them to ruin.”

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Translations for Ecclesiastes 4:5

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

The fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

“Fools fold their idle hands,
leading them to ruin.”

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

The fool folds his arms

and consumes his own flesh.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

The fool folds his hands in embrace and consumes his own flesh.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

The fool folds his hands [together] and consumes his own flesh [destroying himself by idleness and apathy].

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

The fool folds his hands, and eats his own flesh.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

stultus conplicat manus suas et comedit carnes suas dicens

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

يَطْوِي الْجَاهِلُ يَدَيْهِ وَيَأْكُلُ لَحْمَهُ.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

הַכְּסִיל֙ חֹבֵ֣ק אֶת־יָדָ֔יו וְאֹכֵ֖ל אֶת־בְּשָׂרֽוֹ׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

ὁ ἄφρων περιέλαβεν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφαγεν τὰς σάρκας αὐτοῦ

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

اَلْكَسْلاَنُ يَأْكُلُ لَحْمَهُ وَهُوَ طَاوٍ يَدَيْهِ.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

El necio dobla sus manos y come su carne.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

El necio cruza sus manos y come su misma carne.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

愚昧人抱著手、喫自己的肉。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

El necio se cruza de brazos y come su misma carne.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

우매자는 손을 거두고 자기 살을 먹느니라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

L'insensé se croise les mains, et mange sa propre chair.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Ein Narr schlägt die Finger ineinander und verzehrt sich selbst.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Глупый [сидит], сложив свои руки, и съедает плоть свою.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

El loco dobla sus manos y come su misma carne.

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