Ecclesiastes 6:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 6:9 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Ecclesiastes 6:9 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.”
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:9 ASV — American 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.”
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 6:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Better <FI>is<Fi> the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 6:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.”
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 6:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:9 in Context — Ecclesiastes 6
7 Tout le travail de l’homme est pour sa bouche, et cependant ses désirs ne sont jamais satisfaits.
8 Car quel avantage le sage a-t-il sur l’insensé? Quel avantage a le malheureux qui sait se conduire en présence des vivants?
9 Ce que les yeux voient est préférable à l’agitation des désirs: c’est encore là une vanité et la poursuite du vent.
10 Ce qui existe a déjà été appelé par son nom; et l’on sait que celui qui est homme ne peut contester avec un plus fort que lui.
11 S’il y a beaucoup de choses, il y a beaucoup de vanités: quel avantage en revient-il à l’homme?
Read the full chapter: Ecclesiastes 6 — Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ →
What Does Ecclesiastes 6:9 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 6:9 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
Also explore: Bible verses by topic | Read the full Bible free