Ecclesiastes 6:9
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Bible > Ecclesiastes > Chapter 6 > Verse 9
Ecclesiastes 6:9
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For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's NumbersKing James (Authorized) Version: the 1769 standard text in its Cambridge form of about 1900. Public domain.
BetterH2896 is the sightH4758 of the eyesH5869 than the wanderingH1980 of the desireH5315: this is also vanityH1892 and vexationH7469 of spiritH7307.
Original HebrewSource: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
טֹוב מַרְאֵה עֵינַיִם מֵהֲלָךְ־נָפֶשׁ גַּם־זֶה הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ט֛וֹב |
Tov | H2896 | HAamsa | (is) good |
מַרְאֵ֥ה |
mar.'Eh | H4758 | HNcmsc | (the) sight of |
עֵינַ֖יִם |
'ei.Na.yim | H5869 | HNcbda | eyes |
מֵֽ/הֲלָךְ |
me./ha.lokh- | H1980 | HR/Vqc | more than/ going |
נָ֑פֶשׁ |
Na.fesh | H5315 | HNcbsa | desire |
גַּם |
gam- | H1571 | HTa | also |
זֶ֥ה |
zeh | H2088 | HPdxms | this |
הֶ֖בֶל |
He.vel | H1892 | HNcmsa | (is) futility |
וּ/רְע֥וּת |
u./re.'Ut | H7469 | HC/Ncfsc | and/ striving of |
רֽוּחַ |
Ru.ach | H7307 | HNcbsa | wind |
Strong's References
- H1892 — הֶבֶל (hebel, heh'bel): or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל (hăbêl); from הָבַל (hâbal) H1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb; [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
- H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ (yâlak) H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
- H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב (ṭôwb) H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
- H4758 — מַרְאֶה (marʼeh, mar-eh'): from רָאָה (râʼâh) H7200; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision; [idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.
- H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ (nâphash) H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
- H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
- H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ (rûwach) H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
- H7469 — רְעוּת (rᵉʻûwth, reh-ooth'): probably from רָעָה (râʻâh) H7462; a feeding upon, i.e. grasping after; vexation.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
- H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת (zôʼth) H2063, זֹה (zôh) H2090, זוֹ (zôw) H2097, זוּ (zûw) H2098.
Cross ReferencesCross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced (TSKe) — public domain. The keyword grouping is its editors' own, not our selection.
Verse Cross-References
- Better — Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 3:12-13, Ecclesiastes 5:18
- this — Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:22-23, Ecclesiastes 4:4, Ecclesiastes 6:2
- wandering of the desire — Job 31:7, Proverbs 30:15-16, Jeremiah 2:20
Reciprocal references (10): 1 Kings 9:1, 1 Kings 9:19, 1 Kings 21:4, Psalms 101:3, Proverbs 17:24, Ecclesiastes 2:10, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 5:11, Isaiah 57:17, 2 Corinthians 6:12
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