Ecclesiastes 6:8
Ecclesiastes 6:8-9 The Message (MSG)
So what advantage has a sage over a fool, or over some poor wretch who barely gets by? 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.
Ecclesiastes 6:8 King James Version (KJV)
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes 6:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
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?
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 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 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 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [for being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk [publicly] among the living [with men’s eyes on him; for being poor is not the secret to happiness either]?