Parallel Verses
NET Bible
So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Holman Bible
What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool?
International Standard Version
For what advantage has the wise person over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have in knowing how to face life?
A Conservative Version
For what advantage has the wise man more than the fool? What has the poor man, who knows how to walk before the living?
American Standard Version
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
Amplified
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [for being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk [publicly] among the living [with men’s eyes on him; for being poor is not the secret to happiness either]?
Bible in Basic English
What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
Darby Translation
For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Julia Smith Translation
For what will remain to the wise one more than the foolish one? what to the poor that shall know to go before the living
King James 2000
For what has the wise more than the fool? what has the poor, who knows to walk before the living?
Lexham Expanded Bible
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}?
Modern King James verseion
For what has the wise more than the fool? What gain has the poor who knows how to walk before the living?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For what hath the wise more than the fool? What helpeth it the poor, that he knoweth to walk before the living?
New Heart English Bible
For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
The Emphasized Bible
For what profit hath the wise man, over the dullard? What can, the poor man, know - so as to walk before the living?
Webster
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
World English Bible
For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
Youngs Literal Translation
For what advantage is to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
Interlinear
Chakam
Yada`
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 6:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
One Must Learn To Be Content With What One Has
7 All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach -- yet his appetite is never satisfied! 8 So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive? 9 It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one's heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile -- like chasing the wind.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
Psalm 101:2
I will walk in the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.
Psalm 116:9
I will serve the Lord in the land of the living.
Proverbs 19:1
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 2:14-16
The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.
Ecclesiastes 5:11
When someone's prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?
Luke 1:6
They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.