9Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.


In Context

6 Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?

7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.

8 What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?

9 Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.

10 He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.

11 There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.