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Ecclesiastes 6:9
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — English Standard Version (ESV)
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)
9 Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — New Century Version (NCV)
9 It is better to see what you have
than to want more.
Wanting more is useless—
like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
9 Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
9 It is better to look at what is in front of you than to go looking for what you want. Even this is pointless. ⸤It’s like⸥ trying to catch the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
9 Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
9 Better to be content with what your eyes see
than for your soul to constantly crave more.
This also is vanity and chasing wind!
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
9 Being satisfied with what you have
is better than always wanting more.
That doesn’t have any meaning either.
It’s like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
9 What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.
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