| NETBible | So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? 1 And what advantage 2 does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive? 3 |
| NIV © |
What advantage has a wise man over a fool? What does a poor man gain by knowing how to conduct himself before others? |
| NASB © |
For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living? |
| NLT © |
Considering this, do wise people really have any advantage over fools? Do poor people gain anything by being wise and knowing how to act in front of others? |
| MSG © |
So what advantage has a sage over a fool, or over some poor wretch who barely gets by? |
| BBE © |
What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living? |
| NRSV © |
For what advantage have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves before the living? |
| NKJV © |
For what more has the wise man than the fool? What does the poor man have, Who knows how to walk before the living? |
| KJV | For what hath the wise <02450> more <03148> than the fool <03684>_? what hath the poor <06041>_, that knoweth <03045> (8802) to walk <01980> (8800) before the living <02416>_? |
| NASB © |
For what <4100> advantage <3148> does the wise <2450> man <2450> have over <4480> the fool <3684> ? What <4100> advantage does the poor <6041> man <6041> have, knowing <3045> how to walk <1980> before <5048> the living ?<2416> |
| LXXM | oti <3754> CONJ tiv <5100> I-NSF perisseia <4050> N-NSF tw <3588> T-DSM sofw <4680> A-DSM uper <5228> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM afrona <878> A-ASM dioti <1360> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM penhv <3993> N-NSM oiden {V-RAI-3S} poreuyhnai <4198> V-APN katenanti {ADV} thv <3588> T-GSF zwhv <2222> N-GSF |
| NET [draft] ITL | So <03588> what <04100> advantage <03148> does a wise <02450> man have over <04480> a fool <03684> ? And what <04100> advantage does a pauper <06041> gain by knowing <03045> how to survive <02416> <05048> <01980> |
| HEBREW | Myyxh <02416> dgn <05048> Klhl <01980> edwy <03045> ynel <06041> hm <04100> lyokh <03684> Nm <04480> Mkxl <02450> rtwy <03148> hm <04100> yk (6:8) <03588> |
| NETBible | So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? 1 And what advantage 2 does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive? 3 |
| NET Notes |
1 sn So what advantage does the wise man have over a fool? The rhetorical question in Hebrew implies a negative answer: the wise man has no absolute advantage over a fool in the sense that both will share the same fate: death. Qoheleth should not be misunderstood here as denying that wisdom has no relative advantage over folly; elsewhere he affirms that wisdom does yield some relative benefits in life (7:1-22). However, wisdom cannot deliver one from death. 2 sn As in the preceding parallel line, this rhetorical question implies a negative answer (see the note after the word “fool” in the preceding line). 3 tn Heb “ What to the pauper who knows to walk before the living”; or “how to get along in life.” |