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


In Context

5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't 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 advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

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

10 Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who 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 Webster Bible Translation 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 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?