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Ecclesiastes 6:11

For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

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ASV

Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

KJV

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֛יkiforH3588 →
יֵשׁ־yesh-thereH3426 →
דְּבָרִ֥יםde.va.Rim[are] wordsH1697 →
הַרְבֵּ֖הhar.Behcertainly <to increase>H7235 →
מַרְבִּ֣יםmar.Bimthey increaseH7235 →
הָ֑בֶלHa.velfutilityH1892 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
יֹּתֵ֖רyo.TeradvantageH3148 →
לָאָדָֽם׃la.'a.Dam[belongs] to <the> personH120 →

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Luke 10:41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.Ecclesiastes 4:16There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 5:7For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.1 Corinthians 15:19If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”Ecclesiastes 11:8So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.Romans 3:1What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?Ecclesiastes 1:6–9The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.Ecclesiastes 2:3–11I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.Ecclesiastes 3:19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.Ecclesiastes 1:17–18So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 4:1–4Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.Ecclesiastes 4:4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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