Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or the poor man that hath understanding, in walking before the living?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

In Context

7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

9Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him: 'I am God Almighty; walk before Me, and be thou wholehearted.

Psalms 116:9I shall walk before the LORD in the lands of the living.

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man, his eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness. And I also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:8-11

The Insatiableness of Desire. 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 10 That 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. The preacher here further shows the vanity and folly of… Read the whole commentary →

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