Ecclesiastes 6:9

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Asang Khongca Bible

Palung koehhaih bangah amkaeh khing pongah loe, mik hoi hnuk ih hmuen to hoih kue; hae doeh azom pui ni, takhi hnukah patom rumram baktiah ni oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hinglu a van lakah tah mik kah a hmuethma he then. He khaw a honghi neh khohli doinah mai ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hinglu a van lakah tah mik kah a hmuethma he then. He khaw a honghi neh khohli doinah mai ni.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua oi aku ka maikai o ka ike maka ana mamua o ka hele ana'ku o ka manao. He mea lapuwale keia, a me ka luhi hewa.

English Berean Standard Bible

Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Anyen. Pito ou kontan ak sa ou genyen pase pou ou toujou anvi sa ou pa genyen. Sa pa vo anyen, sa pa rapòte anyen.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Melius est videre quod cupias, quam desiderare quod nescias. Sed et hoc vanitas est, et præsumptio spiritus.

Bible in Basic English

What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Mieux vaut la vue des yeux que le mouvement du désir. Cela aussi est vanité et poursuite du vent.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Lépe jest viděti nežli žádati, ale i to jest marnost a trápení ducha.

Kosraean Bible

Ma inge ma lusrongten — oana ukweyen eng uh. Wo kom in falkin ma oasr yurum, liki kom in mwel kutu pacna ma saya pacl nukewa.

World Portuguese Bible

Melhor é a vista dos olhos do que a divagação do desejo. Isso também é vaidade e um correr atrás do vento.

Romanian BTF Bible

Mai bună este vederea ochilor decât rătăcirea dorinței; aceasta este de asemenea deșertăciune și chinuire a duhului.

Brenton English Septuagint

The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ကိုယ်တိုင်တွေ့မြင်ခြင်း အကျိုးသည် လောဘ ပြန့်ပွားခြင်း အကျိုးထက်သာ၍ ကြီး၏။ ထိုအမှုအရာ သည် အနတ္တအမှု၊ လေကိုကျက်စားသောအမှုဖြစ်၏။

Darby Translation

Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Besser das Anschauen der Augen als das Umherschweifen der Begierde. Auch das ist Eitelkeit und ein Haschen nach Wind.

Dutch Bible 1917

Beter is het aanzien der ogen, dan het wandelen der begeerlijkheid. Dit is ook ijdelheid en kwelling des geestes.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Beter is wat de ogen zien, dan het smachten der begeerte; Ook dat is ijdel en jagen naar wind.

Italian Diodati Bible

Meglio è il veder con gli occhi, che andar vagando qua e là con l'anima. Anche questo è vanità, e tormento di spirito.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.

Geneva Bible 1599

The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.

Noyes Bible

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.

Danish Bible 1931

Bedre at se med sine Øjne end higende Attrå. Også det er Tomhed og Jag efter Vind.

Leeser Tanakh

Better is what one seeth with the eyes than the wandering of the desire. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

King James Version

¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Sự gì thấy bằng mắt hơn là sự tham muốn buông tuồng; điều đó lại là một sự hư không, theo luồng gió thổi.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Revised West Version

¶ ʻOku lelei hake ʻae sio ʻae mata ʻi he holi fano ʻae laumālie: he ko e vaʻinga foki eni mo e fakamamahi ki he laumālie.

French Ostervald Bible

Il vaut mieux voir de ses yeux, que d'avoir des désirs vagues. Cela aussi est une vanité et un tourment d'esprit.

Esperanto Bible

Pli bone estas vidi per la okuloj, ol imagi en la animo; ankaŭ ĉi tio estas vantaĵo kaj ventaĵo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ce que les yeux voient est préférable à l’agitation des désirs: c’est encore là une vanité et la poursuite du vent.

German Luther Bible 1912

Es ist besser, das gegenwärtige Gut gebrauchen, denn nach anderm gedenken. Das ist auch Eitelkeit und Haschen nach Wind.

LXX2012 U. S. English

The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.

British English Septuagint 2012

The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.

Majority Standard BIble

Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Webster Bible

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Revised Version

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Veder con gli occhi val meglio del lasciar vagare i propri desideri. Anche questo è vanità e un correr dietro al vento.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Mieux vaut ce que voient les yeux que de laisser vagabonder ses désirs. Cela aussi est vanité et poursuite du vent.

Reina Valera 1909

Más vale vista de ojos que deseo que pasa. Y también esto es vanidad y aflicción de espíritu.

Spanish BLL

Vale más lo que se ve con los ojos que lo que se imagina con el deseo. También esto es vanidad y un querer atrapar el viento.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Más vale vista de ojos que deseo que pasa. También esto es vanidad y correr tras el viento.

Croatian Bible

Bolje je očima vidjeti nego duhom lutati. I to je ispraznost i pusta tlapnja.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Bolje je videti očima nego li želeti; i to je taština i muka duhu.

German Textbibel

Besser ist das Sehen mit Augen als das Schweifen der Begier. Auch das ist eitel und Streben nach Wind.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: This is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

ט֛וֹב מַרְאֵ֥ה עֵינַ֖יִם מֵֽהֲלָךְ־נָ֑פֶשׁ גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃

World English Bible

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

World English Bible British Edition

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

World English Bible Classic

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

World English Bible Updated

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

World Messianic Bible

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Young's Literal Translation

Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἀγαθὸν ὅραμα ὀφθαλμῶν ὑπὲρ πορευόμενον ψυχῇ· καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ προαίρεσις πνεύματος.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἀγαθὸν ὅραμα ὀφθαλμῶν ὑπερπορευόμενον ψυχῇ· καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ προαίρεσις πνεύματος.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Май бине че везь ку окий декыт фрэмынтаре де пофте неымплините: ши ачаста есте о дешертэчуне ши гоанэ дупэ вынт.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Однакже лучше бачити перед очима, нїж тільки жадати. І тут марнота та й утома духа.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Однакже лучше бачити перед очима, нїж тільки жадати. І тут марнота та й утома духа.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Боље је видети очима него ли желети; и то је таштина и мука духу.

Russian Synodal Bible

Лучше видеть глазами, нежели бродить душею. И это - также суета и томление духа!

Hebrew Masoretic OT

טֹ֛וב מַרְאֵ֥ה עֵינַ֖יִם מֵֽהֲלָךְ־נָ֑פֶשׁ גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

טוב מראה עינים מהלך נפש גם זה הבל ורעות רוח׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

رُؤْيَةُ ٱلْعُيُونِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ شَهْوَةِ ٱلنَّفْسِ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

رویت چشم از شهوت نفس بهتر است. این نیز بطالت و در‌پی باد زحمت کشیدن است.

Judson Burmese Bible

ကိုယ်တိုင်တွေ့မြင် ခြင်း အကျိုး သည် လောဘ ပြန့်ပွား ခြင်း အကျိုးထက် သာ၍ကြီး၏။ ထို အမှုအရာ သည် အနတ္တ အမှု၊ လေ ကိုကျက်စား သောအမှုဖြစ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

눈으로 보는 것이 심령의 공상보다 나으나 이것도 헛되어 바람을 잡으려는 것이로다

Japanese Freedom Bible

欲望をあちこちにさまよわせるより、目の前にあるものを見るほうが良い。これも空しく、風を追うようなものである。

World Chinese Bible

眼睛所见的，胜过欲望的游荡。这也是虚空，也是追风。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

眼睛所看的比心里妄想的倒好。这也是虚空，也是捕风。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

眼睛所看的比心裏妄想的倒好。這也是虛空，也是捕風。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Melhor é a vista dos olhos do que o vaguear da cobiça; também isto é fútil como perseguir o vento.

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Mashi Bible

K’ehyaboneka hyo hikulu oku hiri omu nda? Kuli kurhebwa ganali mango gafire busha.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Besser mit den Augen anschauen, als mit der Begierde herumschweifen! Auch das ist eitel und Haschen nach Wind.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Lo que ven los ojos es mejor que el deseo errante. Esto es vanidad y aflicción de espíritu.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Más vale lo que ven los ojos Que el divagar del alma. También esto es vanidad Y correr tras el viento.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Better what the eynayim see than the roving of the nefesh; this also is hevel and chasing after ruach.

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