Ecclesiastes 6:8
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What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?

Ecclesiastes 2:15
And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.

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What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?

what hath the wise

Ecclesiastes 2:14-16 The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike. . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:11 Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?

the poor

Genesis 17:1 And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

Psalm 101:2 And I will understand in the unspotted way, when thou shalt come to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

Psalm 116:9 I will please the Lord in the land of the living.

Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise.

Luke 1:6 And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifications of the Lord without blame.

1 Timothy 6:17 Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)

Context
The Futility of Life
7All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled. 8What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?9Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.…
Lexicon
What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

advantage,
יּוֹתֵ֥ר (yō·w·ṯêr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3148: Superiority, advantage, excess

then,
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

has the wise man
לֶחָכָ֖ם (le·ḥā·ḵām)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise

over
מִֽן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the fool?
הַכְּסִ֑יל (hak·kə·sîl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

What [gain comes]
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

to the poor man
לֶּעָנִ֣י (le·‘ā·nî)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble

who knows
יוֹדֵ֔עַ (yō·w·ḏê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

how to conduct
לַהֲלֹ֖ךְ (la·hă·lōḵ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

himself before
נֶ֥גֶד (ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

others?
הַחַיִּֽים׃ (ha·ḥay·yîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life


Additional Translations
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?For what has the wise more than the fool? what has the poor, that knows to walk before the living?

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

For what advantage has the wise man over the fool, since even the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?

For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth to walk before the living?

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

For what advantage is to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
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