Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knows to walk before the living?

Literal Standard Version

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 labor of man [is] for his mouth, || And yet the soul is not filled.

9Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This [is] also vanity and distress of spirit.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1And Abram is a son of ninety-nine years, and YHWH appears to Abram, and says to him, “I [am] God Almighty, habitually walk before Me, and be perfect;

Psalms 116:9I habitually walk before YHWH || In the lands of the living.

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise—his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool is walking in darkness, and I also knew that one event happens with them all;

Luke 1:6and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the LORD blameless,

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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