Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what hath the wise more then the foole? what hath the poore, that knoweth to walke before the liuing?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

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?
- New American Standard Version (1995)

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? `or' what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
- American Standard Version (1901)

What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
- Basic English Bible

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
- Darby Bible

What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
- Douay-Rheims Bible

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth to walk before the living?
- English Revised Version

For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 6:8

6:8 More - In these matters. Both are subject to the same calamities, and partakers of the same comforts of this life. The poor - More than the poor that doth not know this. He means such a poor man as is ingenious and industrious; fit for service and business.