Ecclesiastes 6:9
“¶ Better is the sight of the eyes, then the wandering of the desire: this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.”
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Ecclesiastes 6:9 Context
7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 8For what hath the wise more then the foole? what hath the poore, that knoweth to walke before the liuing? 9¶ Better is the sight of the eyes, then the wandering of the desire: this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit. 10That which hath bene, is named already, and it is knowen that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier then he. 11¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanitie, what is man the better?
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Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
- King James Version
What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.
- New American Standard Version (1995)