Ecclesiastes 6:11

In 11 translations

BSB

For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

KJV

¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

WEB

For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

ASV

Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

LSV

For there are many things multiplying vanity; What advantage [is] to man?

YLT

For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage [is] to man?

DBY

For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?

DRC

There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.

GNV7:1

Surely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

JPS

Seeing there are many words that increase vanity, what is man the better?

LXXE

For there are many things which increase vanity.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֛י יֵשׁ־דְּבָרִ֥ים הַרְבֵּ֖ה מַרְבִּ֣ים הָ֑בֶל מַה־יֹּתֵ֖ר לָאָדָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι εἰσι λόγοι πολλοὶ πληθύνοντες ματαιότητα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 4:16There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 5:7For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
• Ecclesiastes 1:17–18So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind. For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
• Ecclesiastes 1:6–9The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course. All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there…
• Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
• Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
• Ecclesiastes 2:3–11I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives. I expanded my pursuits.…
• Ecclesiastes 4:1–4Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.…
• Ecclesiastes 3:19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is…

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