Ecclesiastes 6:8

Ecclesiastes 6:8 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8What advantage have the wise over fools?
What do the poor gain
by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

8For what advantage does the wise person have over the fool? What does the poor person have, knowing how to walk before the living?

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

8For 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]?

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

8What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

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American Standard Version (ASV)

8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

8For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

8For 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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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

8What advantage do wise people have
over those who are foolish?
What do poor people gain
by knowing how to act toward others?

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

8Does a wise person have a better life than a foolish person?
No, he does not!
Does it help a poor person if he knows how to live well?
No!

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

8For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knows to walk before the living?

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