8 What advantage have the wise over fools?

What do the poor gain

by knowing how to conduct themselves 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 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 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 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 For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

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 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 have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves 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 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 does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?