Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
KJV
Quid habet amplius sapiens a stulto ? et quid pauper, nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita ?
Vulgate
ὅτι περισσεία τῷ σοφῷ ὑπὲρ τὸν ἄφρονα, διότι ὁ πένης οἶδεν πορευθῆναι κατέναντι τῆς ζωῆς.
LXX
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
ASV
כִּ֛י מַה יּוֹתֵ֥ר לֶ/חָכָ֖ם מִֽן הַ/כְּסִ֑יל מַה לֶּ/עָנִ֣י יוֹדֵ֔עַ לַ/הֲלֹ֖ךְ נֶ֥גֶד הַ/חַיִּֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יוֹתֵ֑ר
yvtr
noun · 8×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
עָנִ֣י
'ny
adjective · 77×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 2:14 — The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
- Eccl 2:15 — Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
- Prov 19:1 — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
- Rom 3:1 — What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?