Ecclesiastes 6:10 — Meaning and Application

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Better {is} the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this {is} also vanity and vexation of spirit. {than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul}

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it {is} man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what {is} man the better?

For who knoweth what {is} good for man in {this} life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? {all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity}