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, …
תרגומים נוספים
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.
הפניות צולבות
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot …
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say …
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, …
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of …
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured …
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under …
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his …
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in …
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the …