For what hath the wise man more than the fool? what hath the poor that [a]knoweth how to walk before the living?

The [b]sight of the eye is better than to walk in the lusts: this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

10 What is that that hath been? the name thereof is now named: and it is known that it is man: and he cannot strive with him that is [c]stronger than he.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:8 That knoweth to use his goods well in the judgment of men.
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:9 To be content with that which God hath given, is better than to follow the desires that never can be satisfied.
  3. Ecclesiastes 6:10 Meaning, God who will make him to feel that he is mortal.

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