Ecclesiastes 6:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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?

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?

King James Bible
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Hebrew
What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

advantage,
יּוֹתֵ֥ר (yō·w·ṯêr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3148: Superiority, advantage, excess

then,
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

has the wise man
לֶחָכָ֖ם (le·ḥā·ḵām)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2450: Wise

over
מִֽן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the fool?
הַכְּסִ֑יל (hak·kə·sîl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

What [gain comes]
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

to the poor man
לֶּעָנִ֣י (le·‘ā·nî)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble

who knows
יוֹדֵ֔עַ (yō·w·ḏê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

how to conduct
לַהֲלֹ֖ךְ (la·hă·lōḵ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

himself before
נֶ֥גֶד (ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

others?
הַחַיִּֽים׃ (ha·ḥay·yîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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