Ecclesiastes 6:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Young's Literal Translation
Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

King James Bible
Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Hebrew
Better
ט֛וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

what the eye
עֵינַ֖יִם (‘ê·na·yim)
Noun - cd
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

can see
מַרְאֵ֥ה (mar·’êh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

than the wandering
מֵֽהֲלָךְ־ (mê·hă·lāḵ-)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

of desire.
נָ֑פֶשׁ (nā·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

This
זֶ֥ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

too
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

is futile
הֶ֖בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

and a pursuit
וּרְע֥וּת (ū·rə·‘ūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7469: A feeding upon, grasping after

of the wind.
רֽוּחַ׃ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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