Ecclesiastes 6:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 6:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּ֛י
kîy
H3588
that
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
יּוֹתֵ֥ר
yôwthêr
H3148
advantage
לֶחָכָ֖ם
châkâm
H2450
wise
מִֽן
min
H4480
from
הַכְּסִ֑יל
kᵉçîyl
H3684
fool
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
לֶּעָנִ֣י
ʻânîy
H6041
poor
יוֹדֵ֔עַ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
לַהֲלֹ֖ךְ
hâlak
H1980
to walk
נֶ֥גֶד
neged
H5048
before
הַחַיִּֽים
chay
H2416
living
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
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King James Version Public Domain
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For what advantage to the wise more than the fool? What to the poor person who knows to walk before the living?
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