Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 6:9
9Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better | ט֛וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| what the eye | עֵינַ֖יִם | ‘ê·na·yim | Noun - cd | H5869 eye |
| can see | מַרְאֵ֥ה | mar·’êh | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4758 sight, appearance, vision |
| than the wandering | מֵֽהֲלָךְ־ | mê·hă·lāḵ- | Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1980 go, come, walk |
| of desire | נָ֑פֶשׁ | nā·p̄eš | Noun - feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| This | זֶ֥ה | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| too | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| is futile | הֶ֖בֶל | he·ḇel | Noun - masculine singular | H1892 vapour, breath |
| and a pursuit | וּרְע֥וּת | ū·rə·‘ūṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct | H7469 longing, striving |
| of the wind | רֽוּחַ׃ | rū·aḥ | Noun - common singular | H7307 breath, wind, spirit |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ecclesiastes 1:14 · Job 31:7 · Ecclesiastes 11:9 · Ecclesiastes 3:12–13 · Ecclesiastes 4:4 · Ecclesiastes 5:18 · Ecclesiastes 2:11 · Ecclesiastes 1:2
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.