Eclesiastés 6:11
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Context
This verse from Eclesiastés Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. Israel regresará a su propia tierra y entonará esta canción burlesca contra el rey de Babilonia: '¡Cómo caíste del cielo, Lucero, hijo de la aurora!' El rey que se exaltó hasta las alturas ha bajado al Seol; la tierra descansará …
Otras traducciones
Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage <FI>is<Fi> to man?
There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?
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