Ecclesiastes 6:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ In this way, a wise man is no better than a foolish person. It is better to be a poor man that knows how to accept life as it is.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk before the living [publicly, with men's eyes upon him; being poor is not the secret to happiness either]?

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Common English Bible

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?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ What do the wise have which is more than the foolish? And what does the pauper have, except to continue on to that place, where there is life?

Ecclesiastes 6:8 Referencias Cruzadas

Proverbs 19:1

It is better to be poor and honest than to be a fool that tells lies and cheats people.

1 Timothy 6:17

Give this command to the people who are rich with the things this world has. Tell them not to be proud. Tell those rich people to hope in God, not their money. Money cannot be trusted. But God takes care of us richly. He gives us everything to enjoy.

Luke 1:6

Zechariah and Elizabeth were truly good people before God. They did everything the Lord (God) commanded and told people to do. They were without fault.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

The more wealth a person has, the more “friends” he has to help spend it. So that rich person really gains nothing. He can only look at his wealth.

Psalm 116:9

I will continue to serve the Lord\par in the land of the living.\par

Psalm 101:2

I will carefully live a pure life.\par I will live a pure life in my house.\par Lord, when will you come to me?\par

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him. The Lord said, “I am God All-Powerful. [91] Do these things for me: Obey me and live the right way.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

It is better to be happy with the things you have than to always want more and more. Always wanting more and more is useless. It is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [29]}