Ecclesiastes 6:8
“For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 6:8 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn was hat der Weise vor dem Toren voraus, was der Arme, der vor den Lebenden zu wandeln versteht?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque ¿qué más tiene el sabio que el necio? ¿qué más tiene el pobre que supo caminar entre los vivos?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque que vantagem tem o sábio sobre o tolo? E o que mais tem o pobre, em saber andar perante os vivos?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
De fato, que vantagem tem a pessoa sábia em relação à tola? Que vantagem tem o homem pobre, mesmo que saiba como agir diante de outras pessoas?
📖 Ecclesiastes 6:8 in Context
6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
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