Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 6 connects to 10 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, …
Other Translations
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Better <FI>is<Fi> the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.
What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
Cross References
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; …
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and …
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of …
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to …
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This …
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the …
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in …
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his …
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under …
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured …