Ecclesiastes 6:9
“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 6:9 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Besser das Anschauen der Augen als das Umherschweifen der Begierde. Auch das ist Eitelkeit und ein Haschen nach Wind.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Más vale vista de ojos que deseo que pasa. Y también esto es vanidad y aflicción de espíritu.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Melhor é a vista dos olhos do que o vaguear da cobiça; também isto é fútil como perseguir o vento.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
É melhor ficar satisfeito com o que os olhos podem ver do que desejar o que queira um apetite delirante, o que também é inútil e é como tentar agarrar o vento.
📖 Ecclesiastes 6:9 in Context
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.
11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
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