Compare Translations for Ecclesiastes 6:8

8 What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool? What [advantage] is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?

8 For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?

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

8 So what advantage has a sage over a fool, or over some poor wretch who barely gets by?

8 For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

8 What advantage have the wise over fools? What do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?

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

8 So are wise people really better off than fools? Do poor people gain anything by being wise and knowing how to act in front of others?

8 For what advantage have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves before the living?

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

8 What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

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 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 has the wise over the fool, or the person with experience, if he is poor?

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

8 How are the wise better off than fools? What good does it do the poor to know how to face life?

8 How are the wise better off than fools? What good does it do the poor to know how to face life?

8 What advantage does a wise person have over a fool? What advantage does a poor person have in knowing how to face life?

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

8 For what has the wise more than the fool? what more has the poor that knows how to walk among the living?

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

8 So do the wise [really] have an advantage over fools? {Can the poor [really] gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others}?

8 For advantage has the wise man over the fool, since the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?

8 In this way a wise person is no better off than a fool. Then, too, it does a poor person little good to know how to get along in life.

8 What advantage does a wise man have over someone who is foolish? What does a poor man gain by knowing how to act toward others?

8 For what advantage have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves before the living?

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

8 For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?

8 For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?

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

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

8 quid habet amplius sapiens ab stulto et quid pauper nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita

8 quid habet amplius sapiens ab stulto et quid pauper nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita

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

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

8 What hath a wise man more than a fool? and what hath a poor man, but that he go thither, where is life? (What more hath a person who is wise, than a person who is a fool? or what hath someone who is poor, but that he go there, with a knowledge, or with an understanding, of life?)

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