Ecclesiastes 6:8
What does Ecclesiastes 6:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 6:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
KJV
King James Version · 1611For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For what advantage <FI>is<Fi> to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
- Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
- Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?
- Psalms 116:9
I will walk before Jehovah In the land of the living.
- 1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
- Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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