Ecclesiastes 6:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁸ Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.

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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 Cross References

Genesis 17:1

And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

Psalm 101:2

The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.

Psalm 116:9

6 O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

Proverbs 19:1

But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence shall find good things.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

8 This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.

Luke 1:6

4 And thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice in his nativity.

1 Timothy 6:17

Calling to mind that faith which is in thee unfeigned, which also dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am certain that in thee also.