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Ecclesiastes 6:8-10
Lexham English Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:8-10
Lexham English Bible
8 So do the wise really have an advantage over fools?
Can the poor really gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others?[a]
9 Better to be content with what your eyes see
than for your soul to constantly crave more.[b]
This also is vanity and chasing wind!
It is Futile for Humans to Complain about God’s Irresistible Will
10 Whatever is—it was already determined,
what will be—it has already been decided.[c]
As for man, he cannot argue
against what is more powerful than him.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 6:8 Literally “What is there for the poor knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?”
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 Literally “Sight of the eyes is better than wandering of desire”
- Ecclesiastes 6:10 Literally “and his name is known what he is man”
Ecclesiastes 6:8-10
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 6:8-10
New International Version
8 What advantage have the wise over fools?(A)
What do the poor gain
by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?
9 Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.(B)
10 Whatever exists has already been named,(C)
and what humanity is has been known;
no one can contend
with someone who is stronger.
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