Ecclesiastes 6:8

Modern

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?

Traditional

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

Literal

Indeed, what advantage is for the wise one over the fool? What is to the poor one knowing how to walk before the living?

Latin

Quid habet amplius sapiens a stulto? et quid pauper, nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita?

Hebrew

English

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?

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool?: They have an advantage if they enjoy and are content with what the Lord has given them.

Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Ecclesiastes 2:14–16
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
Ecclesiastes 5:11
When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
Psalm 101:2
I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
Psalm 116:9
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.