Ecclesiastes 4:5

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

The fool {H3684} foldeth {H2263} his hands {H3027} together {H2263}, and eateth {H398} his own flesh {H1320}.

Fools fold their arms together and eat their own flesh away.

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 9:20 (4 votes)

    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:

  • Proverbs 6:10 (4 votes)

    [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

  • Proverbs 6:11 (4 votes)

    So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Proverbs 20:4 (3 votes)

    ¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

  • Job 13:14 (3 votes)

    Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

  • Proverbs 13:4 (3 votes)

    ¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • Proverbs 24:33 (2 votes)

    [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: