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.

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.

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

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.

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

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.

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.

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.

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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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

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

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

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

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

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

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 2019 ☆

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

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.

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。

World Chinese Bible ☆

眼睛所见的，胜过欲望的游荡。这也是虚空，也是追风。

Croatian Bible ☆

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

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

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

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

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

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.

Esperanto Bible ☆

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

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

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.

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.

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

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

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

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

German Textbibel ☆

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

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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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.

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.

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.

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׃

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.

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.

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。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

눈으로 보는 것이 심령의 공상보다 나으나 이것도 헛되어 바람을 잡으려는 것이로다

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

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

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

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

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.

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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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

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

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Mashi Bible ☆

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

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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.

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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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.

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.

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

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