Ecclesiastes 6:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?”
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“For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage <FI>is<Fi> to man?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 6:11 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
- Ecclesiastes 1:6The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
- Ecclesiastes 1:17So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:3I 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.
- 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 4:1Again 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 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 futile—a miserable task.
- 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.
- 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.
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