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OET (OET-RV) So what advantage does a wise person have over a fool?
⇔ What advantage does a poor person’s knowledge give them over others?
OET-LV If/because what advantage have_the_wise more_than the_fool what have_the_poor who_knows to_conduct before the_others.
UHB כִּ֛י מַה־יּוֹתֵ֥ר לֶחָכָ֖ם מִֽן־הַכְּסִ֑יל מַה־לֶּעָנִ֣י יוֹדֵ֔עַ לַהֲלֹ֖ךְ נֶ֥גֶד הַחַיִּֽים׃ ‡
(kiy mah-yōtēr leḩākām min-hakkəşil mah-leˊāniy yōdēˊa lahₐlok neged haḩayyim.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Ὅτι περίσσεια τῷ σοφῷ ὑπὲρ τὸν ἄφρονα, διότι ὁ πένης οἶδε πορευθῆναι κατέναντι τῆς ζωῆς.
(Hoti perisseia tōi sofōi huper ton afrona, dioti ho penaʸs oide poreuthaʸnai katenanti taʸs zōaʸs. )
BrTr For what advantage has the wise man over the fool, since even the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?
ULT For what advantage exists for the wise over the fool? What advantage exists for the poor person that knows how to walk before the living?
UST So it seems that wise people do not receive more lasting benefits
⇔ than foolish people do.
⇔ And it seems that poor people do not benefit from knowing how to conduct their lives.
BSB 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?
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB What gain hath the wise man more than the fool,
⇔ Or the poor man who walks through the world with discretion?
WEBBE For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
WMBB (Same as above)
NET So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool?
⇔ And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?
LSV For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knows to walk before the living?
FBV So then, what real advantage do wise people have over those who are fools? And do poor people really gain anything in knowing how to behave in front of others?
T4T So it seems that [RHQ] wise people do not receive more lasting benefits
⇔ than foolish people do.
⇔ And it seems that [RHQ] poor people do not benefit from knowing how to conduct their lives.
LEB No LEB ECC book available
BBE What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
Moff No Moff ECC book available
JPS For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or the poor man that hath understanding, in walking before the living?
ASV For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
DRA What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
YLT For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
Drby For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
RV For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth to walk before the living?
(For what advantage hath/has the wise more than the fool? or what hath/has the poor man, that knoweth/knows to walk before the living? )
SLT For what will remain to the wise one more than the foolish one? what to the poor that shall know to go before the living.
Wbstr For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
KJB-1769 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
(For what hath/has the wise more than the fool? what hath/has the poor, that knoweth/knows to walk before the living? )
KJB-1611 For what hath the wise more then the foole? what hath the poore, that knoweth to walke before the liuing?
(For what hath/has the wise more then the fool? what hath/has the poor, that knoweth/knows to walk before the living?)
Bshps No Bshps ECC book available
Gnva For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?
(For what hath/has the wise man more then the fool? what hath/has the poor that knoweth/knows how to walk before the living? )
Cvdl No Cvdl ECC book available
Wycl No Wycl ECC book available
Luth No Luth ECC book available
ClVg Quid habet amplius sapiens a stulto? et quid pauper, nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita?
(What has more wise from stupid? and what poor, except as pergat there/to_that_place where it_is life? )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT ECC book available
6:8-9 are wise people really better off . . . being wise? Yes, as long as they enjoy and are content with what the Lord has provided.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) what advantage has the wise person over the fool?
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when what? advantage have_the,wise from/more_than the,fool what? have_the,poor knowing to,conduct before the,others )
The author uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that a wise person does not have any more lasting benefits than a fool. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “it seems the wise person has no advantage over the fool.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) What advantage does the poor man have even if he knows how to act in front of other people?
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when what? advantage have_the,wise from/more_than the,fool what? have_the,poor knowing to,conduct before the,others )
The author uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that a poor man does not have any more lasting benefits than someone else. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “The poor man has no advantage even if he knows how to act in front of other people.”
(Occurrence 0) how to act
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when what? advantage have_the,wise from/more_than the,fool what? have_the,poor knowing to,conduct before the,others )
Alternate translation: “how to conduct himself”