Ecclesiastes 6:8

Ecclesiastes 6:8 in 6 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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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

8For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man 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)

8 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?

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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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