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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי מה יותר לחכם מן הכסיל מה לעני יודע להלך נגד החיים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky mh yvtr lKHkm mn hksyl mh l`ny yvd` lhlk ngd hKHyym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quid habet amplius sapiens ab stulto et quid pauper nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For what has the wise more than the fool? what has the poor, that knows to walk before the living?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For what has the wise more than the fool? what has the poor, who knows to walk before the living?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Authorized (King James) Version   
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
New King James Version   
For what more has the wise man than the fool? What does the poor man have, Who knows how to walk before the living?
21st Century King James Version   
For what hath the wise more than the fool? What hath the poor, who knoweth how to walk before the living?

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
Darby Bible Translation   
For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth to walk before the living?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
God's Word   
What advantage does a wise person have over a fool? What advantage does a poor person have in knowing how to face life?
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?
International Standard Version   
For what advantage has the wise person over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have in knowing how to face life?
NET Bible   
So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?
New American Standard Bible   
For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?
New International Version   
What advantage have the wise over fools? What do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?
New Living Translation   
So are wise people really better off than fools? Do poor people gain anything by being wise and knowing how to act in front of others?
Webster's Bible Translation   
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
The World English Bible   
For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
EasyEnglish Bible   
Does a wise person have a better life than a foolish person? No, he does not! Does it help a poor person if he knows how to live well? No!
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
New Life Version   
For what is better for the wise man than for the fool? And what good does the poor man have who knows how to walk among the living?
The Voice Bible   
What good is it to be wise? Are the wise better off than fools? And what do the poor know that others do not when they conduct themselves before the public?
Living Bible   
Wise men and fools alike spend their lives scratching for food and never seem to get enough. Both have the same problem, yet the poor man who is wise lives a far better life.
New Catholic Bible   
For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool, or what advantage do the poor have in knowing how to conduct themselves in life?
Legacy Standard Bible   
For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the afflicted man have, knowing how to walk before the living?
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For what has the wise more than the fool? what more has the poor that knows how to walk among the living?
Christian Standard Bible   
What advantage then does the wise person have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk before the living [publicly, with men’s eyes upon him; being poor is not the secret to happiness either]?
New Century Version   
In this way a wise person is no better off than a fool. Then, too, it does a poor person little good to know how to get along in life.
The Message   
So what advantage has a sage over a fool, or over some poor wretch who barely gets by? Just grab whatever you can while you can; don’t assume something better might turn up by and by. All it amounts to anyway is smoke. And spitting into the wind.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
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?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For what advantage have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves before the living?
Good News Translation®   
How are the wise better off than fools? What good does it do the poor to know how to face life?
Wycliffe Bible   
What hath a wise man more than a fool? and what hath a poor man, but that he go thither, where is life? (What more hath a person who is wise, than a person who is a fool? or what hath someone who is poor, but that he go there, with a knowledge, or with an understanding, of life?)
Contemporary English Version   
We may be sensible, yet we are no better off than a fool. And if we are poor, it still doesn't do us any good to try to live right.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For what advantage have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves before the living?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For what advantage have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves before the living?
Common English Bible © 2011   
What advantage do the wise have over the foolish? Or what do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [for being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk [publicly] among the living [with men’s eyes on him; for being poor is not the secret to happiness either]?
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
What profit have the wise compared to fools, or what profit have the lowly in knowing how to conduct themselves in life?
New American Standard Bible   
For what advantage does the wise person have over the fool? What does the poor person have, knowing how to walk before the living?
The Expanded Bible   
In this way ·a wise person is no better off than [L what advantage/profit is there for a wise person over…?] a fool. ·Then, too, it does a poor person little good to know how to get along in life [What do the poor have by knowing how to act in front of the living?].
Tree of Life Version   
So what advantage has the wise over the fool? What does the pauper gain by knowing how to walk before the living?
Revised Standard Version   
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
New International Reader's Version   
What advantage do wise people have over those who are foolish? What do poor people gain by knowing how to act toward others?
BRG Bible   
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Complete Jewish Bible   
What advantage has the wise over the fool, or the person with experience, if he is poor?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For what advantage have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves before the living?
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For what hath the chacham more than the kesil? What hath the poor man, who has da’as of how to conduct himself before the living?
Names of God Bible   
What advantage does a wise person have over a fool? What advantage does a poor person have in knowing how to face life?
Modern English Version   
For what benefit is there for the wise over the fool? And what more does the poor man know who walks before others?
Easy-to-Read Version   
In the same way a wise person is no better than a fool is. It is better to be a poor person who knows how to accept life as it is.
International Children’s Bible   
In this way a wise man is no better off than a foolish person. Then, too, it does a poor man little good to know how to get along in life.
Lexham English Bible   
So do the wise really have an advantage over fools? Can the poor really gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others?
New International Version - UK   
What advantage have the wise over fools? What do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?