Verse (Click for Chapter) New Living Translation Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind. American Standard Version Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind. Berean Study Bible Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind. King James Bible Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation 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. 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. Ecclesiastes 6:9 Additional Translations ... Links Ecclesiastes 6:9 NIVEcclesiastes 6:9 NLT Ecclesiastes 6:9 ESV Ecclesiastes 6:9 NASB Ecclesiastes 6:9 NKJV Ecclesiastes 6:9 KJV |