Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Amplified Bible - Classic EditionBetter is the sight of the eyes [the enjoyment of what is available to one] than the cravings of wandering desire. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it! See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind. See the chapterCommon English BibleIt’s better to enjoy what’s at hand than to have an insatiable appetite. This too is pointless, just wind chasing. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionIt is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. But this, too, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionBetter it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit. See the chapter |