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Ecclesiastes 6:8-10
Lexham English Bible

8 So do the wise really have an advantage over fools?
    Can the poor really gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others?[a]
9 Better to be content with what your eyes see
    than for your soul to constantly crave more.[b]
This also is vanity and chasing wind!

It is Futile for Humans to Complain about God’s Irresistible Will

10 Whatever is—it was already determined,
    what will be—it has already been decided.[c]
As for man, he cannot argue
    against what is more powerful than him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:8 Literally “What is there for the poor knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?”
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:9 Literally “Sight of the eyes is better than wandering of desire”
  3. Ecclesiastes 6:10 Literally “and his name is known what he is man”
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