| Ecclesiastes 6:11 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man? (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | The more words there are, the more pointless they become. What advantage do mortals gain from this?(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? |
| ASV: | Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? |
| BBE: | There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them? |
| DBY: | For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged? |
| ERV: | Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? |
| JPS: | Seeing there are many words that increase vanity, what is man the better? |
| WBS: | Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? |
| WEB: | For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man? |
| YLT: | For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage is to man? |
| Ecclesiastes 6:11 Cross References |
| XREF: | Ecclesiastes 6:10 Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.
Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun? (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 6:11 Seeing - This seems to be added as a conclusion from all the foregoing chapter s; seeing not only man is a vain creature in himself, but there are also many other things, which instead of diminishing, do but increase this vanity, as wisdom, pleasure, power, wealth; seeing even the good things of this life bring so much toil, and cares, and fears, with them. The better - By all that he can either desire or enjoy here? |
| MHC: | 6:7-12 A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a great deal can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealth of the world to give satisfaction. The poor man has comfort as well as the richest, and is under no real disadvantage. We cannot say, Better is the sight of the eyes than the resting of the soul in God; for it is better to live by faith in things to come, than to live by sense, which dwells only upon present things. Our lot is appointed. We have what pleases God, and let that please us. The greatest possessions and honours cannot set us above the common events of human life. Seeing that the things men pursue on earth increase vanities, what is man the better for his worldly devices? Our life upon earth is to be reckoned by days. It is fleeting and uncertain, and with little in it to be fond of, or to be depended on. Let us return to God, trust in his mercy through Jesus Christ, and submit to his will. Then soon shall we glide through this vexatious world, and find ourselves in that happy place, where there is fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore. |
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