many takes on Eccl 6:11

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I hope many of you pastors who send us off, 'to look up a certain passage (such as this one), realize what us 'pew dwellers' face..many words via many translations.

Ecclesiastes 6:11 NIV
The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 NIrV
The more words people use, the less meaning there is. And that doesn't help anyone.
Ecclesiastes 6:11 CEB
Because the more words increase, the more everything is pointless. What do people gain by it?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 ASV
Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 TLB
The more words you speak, the less they mean, so why bother to speak at all?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 NLT
The more words you speak, the less they mean. So what good are they?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 KJV
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 CSB
For when there are many words, they increase futility. What is the advantage for mankind?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 ESV
The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 KJ21
Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, how is man the better?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 NIV
The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 NIrV
Because the more words increase, the more everything is pointless. What do people gain by it?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 AMP
For there are many other words that increase futility. What then is the advantage for a man?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 BSB
Because the more words increase, the more everything is pointless. What do people gain by it?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 GNT
The longer you argue, the more useless it is, and you are no better off.
Ecclesiastes 6:11-12 DRC1752 (Douay)
There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.
Ecclesiastes 6:11 CEV
The more we talk, the less sense we make, so what good does it do to talk?
Ecclesiastes 6:10-11 ERV
You are only what you were created to be-a human, and it is useless to argue about it. People cannot argue with God about this because he is more powerful than they are, and a long argument will not change that fact.
Ecclesiastes 6:11 GW
The more words there are, the more pointless they become. What advantage do mortals gain from this?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 LSB
For there are many words which increase vanity. What then is the advantage to a man?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 TLB
The more words you speak, the less they mean, so why bother to speak at all?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 MEV
The more words, the more vanity, so what profit is there to mankind?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 NASB95
For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 NCV
The more you say, the more useless it is. What good does it do?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 NET
The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 NKJV
Since there are many things that increase vanity, How is man the better?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 NRSV
The more words, the more vanity, so how is one the better?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 RSV
The more words, the more vanity, and what is man the better?
Ecclesiastes 6:11-12 MSG
The more words that are spoken, the more smoke there is in the air. And who is any better off? And who knows what’s best for us as we live out our meager smoke-and-shadow lives? And who can tell any of us the next chapter of our lives?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 Voice
The more a person speaks, the more breath is fleeting; and what advantage do a lot of words bring us?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 WEB
For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
Ecclesiastes 6:11 YLT
For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage [is] to man?

There are also many translations multiplying vanity as well.

 

[kyredneck]

The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone?

Reminds me of some of the windy bloviation that occurs on this board.

 

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Reminds me of some of the windy bloviation that occurs on this board.

Yes, if only they took Eccl 6:11 (in any version) to heart.

 

[Dr. Bob]

Reminds me of some of the windy bloviation that occurs on this board.

Actually, thought of some names of regulars here on the BB that almost every day prove "the more you say, the more useless it is. What good does it do?" Tempting to list them, but if I did, it would show that "I" was just like them wasting breath and bandwidth.