Ecclesiastes 6:7-9
New Century Version
7 People work just to feed themselves,
but they never seem to get enough to eat.
8 In this way a wise person
is no better off than a fool.
Then, too, it does a poor person little good
to know how to get along in life.
9 It is better to see what you have
than to want more.
Wanting more is useless—
like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:7-9
New International Version
7 Everyone’s toil is for their mouth,
yet their appetite is never satisfied.(A)
8 What advantage have the wise over fools?(B)
What do the poor gain
by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?
9 Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.(C)
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