Ecclesiastes 6:8

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

Young's Literal Translation

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 soul is not filled.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I [am] God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

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

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise! — his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth 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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