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Ecclesiastes 6:7-9
Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
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7
All the hard work of humans is for the mouth, but the appetite is never full.
7
Everyone’s toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.
8
What advantage do the wise have over the foolish? Or what do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?
8
What advantage have the wise over fools? What do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?
9
It's better to enjoy what's at hand than to have an insatiable appetite. This too is pointless, just wind chasing.
9
Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
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