Better is [a]the (A)sight of the eyes than the wandering of [b]desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

10 Whatever one is, he has been named (B)already,
For it is known that he is man;
(C)And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
11 Since there are many things that increase vanity,
How is man the better?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:9 What the eyes see
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:9 Lit. soul

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