This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
For it is known that he is man;
bAnd he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
How is man the better?
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American Standard Version
Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Amplified® Bible
Seeing that there are [all these and] many other things {and} words that increase the emptiness, falsity, vainglory, {and} futility [of living], what profit {and} what outcome is there for man?
Contemporary English Version
The more we talk, the less sense we make, so what good does it do to talk?
Darby English Version
For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?
Good News Bible
The longer you argue, the more useless it is, and you are no better off.
King James Version
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
New American Standard Bible
For there are many words which increase futility. What {then} is the advantage to a man?
New International Version
The more the words,
the less the meaning,
and how does that profit anyone?
New King James Version
Since there are many things that increase vanity,
How is man the better?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For many words increase futility. What advantage do they have to a man?
Revised Standard Version
The more words, the more vanity, and what is man the better?
Young's Literal Translation
For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?
New English Translation
The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes.1 How does that benefit him?2
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