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Ecclesiastes 6:8-10
New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 6:8-10
New American Standard Bible 1995
8 For (A)what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living? 9 What the eyes (B)see is better than what the soul [a]desires. This too is (C)futility and a striving after wind.
10 Whatever (D)exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he (E)cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.
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- Ecclesiastes 6:9 Lit goes after
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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