World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:9
“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 6
7
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8
For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
10
Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
11
For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
About Ecclesiastes
Reflections on life’s meaning and the pursuit of lasting purpose in God.
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