Ecclesiastes 6:9
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Just grab whatever you can while you can; don’t assume something better might turn up by and by. All it amounts to anyway is smoke. And spitting into the wind.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Better to be content with what your eyes see
than for your soul to constantly crave more.
This also is vanity and chasing wind!
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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