Bible in Basic English
"What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?"
— Ecclesiastes 6:8, Bible in Basic English
“For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?”
Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.
And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?
All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.
There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?