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Ecclesiastes 6:8-10
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 6:8-10
New King James Version
8 For what more has the wise man than the fool?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?
9 Better is [a]the (A)sight of the eyes than the wandering of [b]desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
10 Whatever one is, he has been named (B)already,
For it is known that he is man;
(C)And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 What the eyes see
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 Lit. soul
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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