Ecclesiastes 4:5
5 The fool folds his hands and does no work, ▼
so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh. ▼
▼tn Heb “and eats his own flesh.” Most English versions render the idiom literally: “and eats/consumes his flesh” (KJV, AS, NASB, NAB, RSV, NRSV, NJPS). However, a few versions attempt to explain the idiom: “and lets life go to ruin” (Moffatt), “and wastes away” (NEB), “and ruin themselves” (NIV11).
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