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Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what advantage has the wise man zover the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?

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Ecclesiastes 6:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

What advantage have the wise over fools?

What do the poor gain

by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

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?

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For what more has the wise man than the fool?

What does the poor man have,

Who knows how to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

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.

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

What advantage does a wise person have over a fool? What advantage does a poor person have in knowing how to face life? 

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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?

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For what advantage have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves before the living?

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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?

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

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?

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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?


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