unfoldingWord_en_tn/ecc/04/06.md

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a handful

"a small amount"

two handfuls

"a large amount." It is understood that this refer to profit gained. Alternate translation: "two handfuls of profit" or "a large amount of profit" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)

that tries to shepherd the wind

The author speaks of everything that people do as being useless as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated a similar phrase in Ecclesiastes 1:14. Alternate translation: "that is as useless as trying to control the wind" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)