Ecclesiastes 6:9

⁷ All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

⁸ What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

¹⁰ Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

¹¹ For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
KJV: Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
WEB: Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
ASV: Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
DARBY: Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
BLB: Better is a sight of the eyes than the wandering of the soul; this also [is] vapor and a striving after the wind.

ÅB: Bedre er det at øynene dveler ved det en har, enn at sjelen farer urolig om; også det er tomhet og jag etter vind.
OTB: Bedre er det øynene ser enn det begjæret flakker etter. Også dette er tomhet, et jag etter vind.
B1930: Bedre er det at øinene dveler ved det en har, enn at sjelen farer urolig om; også det er tomhet og jag efter vind.

Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
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Job 31:7
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
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Ecclesiastes 3:12–13
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
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