Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 6 connects to 9 cross-references. Qohelet meditates on the absurdity of a man to whom God gives great wealth but not the ability to enjoy it — a stranger enjoys it instead. Even a man who lives a thousand years twice over without finding enjoyment, …
Andere Übersetzungen
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
For what advantage <FI>is<Fi> to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
Querverweise
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am …
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within …
I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a …
The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that …
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is …
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the …
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in …