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So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? What advantage does a poor man gain, who knows how to keep walking among the living?[a] Better to have eyes that look at what is actually there than desires that roam. This too is vapor and chasing the wind.

10 Whatever exists already has its name,[b] and it is already known what man is. He is not able to win in court against one who is stronger than he is.[c]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 6:8 Or how to survive among the living
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:10 Or already has been determined
  3. Ecclesiastes 6:10 Or the One who is stronger than he is