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


In Context

5 Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

6 And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?

7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

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

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

10 What is that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it is man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger 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 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 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?