Ecc 6:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. For-- "However" [Maurer]. The "for" means (in contrast to the insatiability of the miser), For what else is the advantage which the wise man hath above the fool?" What-- advantage, that is, superiority, above him who knows not how to walk uprightly hath the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?-- that is, to use and enjoy life aright ( , ), a cheerful, thankful, godly "walk" ( ).

‏ Ecclesiastes 6:8

8. For--"However" [Maurer]. The "for" means (in contrast to the insatiability of the miser), For what else is the advantage which the wise man hath above the fool?"

What--advantage, that is, superiority, above him who knows not how to walk uprightly

hath the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?--that is, to use and enjoy life aright (Ec 5:18, 19), a cheerful, thankful, godly "walk" (Psa 116:9).