Ecclesiastes 6:8

כִּי מַה ־ יּוֹתֵר לֶחָכָם מִֽן ־ הַכְּסִיל מַה ־ לֶּעָנִי יוֹדֵעַ לַהֲלֹךְ נֶגֶד הַחַיִּֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

7כָּל ־ עֲמַל הָאָדָם לְפִיהוּ וְגַם ־ הַנֶּפֶשׁ לֹא תִמָּלֵֽא ׃

9טוֹב מַרְאֵה עֵינַיִם מֵֽהֲלָךְ ־ נָפֶשׁ גַּם ־ זֶה הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רֽוּחַ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1וַיְהִי אַבְרָם בֶּן ־ תִּשְׁעִים שָׁנָה וְתֵשַׁע שָׁנִים וַיֵּרָא יְהוָה אֶל ־ אַבְרָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי ־ אֵל שַׁדַּי הִתְהַלֵּךְ לְפָנַי וֶהְיֵה תָמִֽים ׃

Psalms 116:9אֶתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה בְּאַרְצוֹת הַֽחַיִּֽים ׃

Ecclesiastes 2:14הֶֽחָכָם עֵינָיו בְּרֹאשׁוֹ וְהַכְּסִיל בַּחֹשֶׁךְ הוֹלֵךְ וְיָדַעְתִּי גַם ־ אָנִי שֶׁמִּקְרֶה אֶחָד יִקְרֶה אֶת ־ כֻּלָּֽם ׃

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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