8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?


In Context

5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

6 Yes, though he liveth a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

7 All the labor 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.

Ecclesiastes 6:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:8What advantage has a wise man over a fool? What does a poor man gain by knowing how to conduct himself before others?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:8What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth to walk before the living?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8For what advantage is to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:8For what has the wise more than the fool? what has the poor, that knows to walk before the living?