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Douay-Rheims
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Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
King James
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Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Louis Second
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Mieux vaut une main pleine avec repos, que les deux mains pleines avec travail et poursuite du vent
Martin Luther
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Es ist besser eine Hand voll mit Ruhe denn beide Fäuste voll mit Mühe und Jammer.
Vulgate
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melior est pugillus cum requie quam plena utraque manus cum labore et adflictione animi

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


melior : better.
cum : (with indicative) when.
cum : (prep + abl.) with.
cum : (with subjunctive) when, as, while, since, although.
quam : (fem. sing. acc.) (the church), WHICH the Lord loved.
quam : (adv. and conj.) how, than, as .. as possible.
animi : at heart.