Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
KJV
Stultus complicat manus suas, et comedit carnes suas, dicens :
Vulgate
ὁ ἄφρων περιέλαβεν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφαγεν τὰς σάρκας αὐτοῦ.
LXX
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
ASV
הַ/כְּסִיל֙ חֹבֵ֣ק אֶת יָדָ֔י/ו וְ/אֹכֵ֖ל אֶת בְּשָׂרֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
ם
m
verb · 811×
נִי
ny
verb · 13×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eph 5:29 — For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
- Isa 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:
- Job 13:14 — Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
- Job 13:14 — Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
- Prov 6:10 — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
- Prov 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Prov 20:4 — The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.