For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
For what advantage is to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).