Ecclesiastes 6:11 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ There are many words, and many of these, in disputes, hold much emptiness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Seeing that there are [all these and] many other things and words that increase the emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility [of living], what profit and what outcome is there for man?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

Common English Bible

¹¹ Because the more words increase, the more everything is pointless. What do people gain by it?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.

English Standard Version 2016

¹¹ The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man?

Ecclesiastes 6:11 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 73:6

they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

And I said in my heart: "If the death of both the foolish and myself will be one, how does it benefit me, if I have given myself more thoroughly to the work of wisdom?" And as I was speaking within my own mind, I perceived that this, too, is emptiness.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

The number of people, out of all who existed before these, is boundless. And those who will exist afterwards shall not rejoice in them. But this, too, is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

He is one, and he does not have a second: no son, no brother. And yet he does not cease to labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with wealth, nor does he reflect, saying: "For whom do I labor and cheat my soul of good things?" In this, too, is emptiness and a most burdensome affliction.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

If you see false accusations against the indigent, and violent judgments, and subverted justice in the government, do not be surprised over this situation. For those in high places have others who are higher, and there are still others, more eminent, over these.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whoever shall be in the future, his name has already been called. And it is known that he is a man and that he is not able to contend in judgment against one who is stronger than himself.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on wind and follows burning heat; all day long he multiplies lies and desolation. And he has entered into a pact with the Assyrians, and he has carried oil into Egypt.