Better is the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.Ecclesiastes 6:9 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleBetter is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire - This is translated by the Vulgate, as a sort of adage: Melius est videre quod cupias, quam desiderare quod nescias, "It is better to see what one desires than to covet what one knows not." It is better to enjoy the present than to feed one's self with vain desires of the future. What we translate the wandering of desire, מהלך נפש mehaloch nephesh, is the travelling of the soul. What is this? Does it simply mean desire? Or is there any reference here to the state of separate spirits! It however shows the soul to be in a restless state, and consequently to be unhappy. If Christ dwell in the heart by faith, the soul is then at rest, and this is properly the rest of the people of God.
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better
Ecclesiastes 2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor...
Ecclesiastes 3:12,13 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life...
Ecclesiastes 5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink...
wandering of the desire
Job 31:7 If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot has stuck to my hands;
Proverbs 30:15,16 The horse leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not...
Jeremiah 2:20 For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and you said, I will not transgress...
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Ecclesiastes 6:2 A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires...
Ecclesiastes 1:2,14 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity...
Ecclesiastes 2:11,22,23 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had worked, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold...
Ecclesiastes 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor...
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Appetite Better Chasing Desire Desires Eye Eyes Futility Meaningless Pursuit Roving Sight Soul Spirit Striving Vanity Vexation Wandering WindAppetite Better Chasing Desire Desires Eye Eyes Futility Meaningless Pursuit Roving Sight Soul Spirit Striving Vanity Vexation Wandering WindTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®.Ecclesiastes 6:9 Mobile Bible
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