Ecclesiastes 6:8-10
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8 For what advantage have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves before the living?(A) 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.(B)
10 Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what humans are and that they are not able to dispute with those who are stronger.(C)
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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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