Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Better is the sight of the eyes ... Answer to Ecclesiastes 6:8, "What hath the wise more than the fool?" This is the advantage, "Better is the sight of the eyes (the wise man's godly enjoyment of present seen blessings) than the (fool's) wandering (literally, walking, Psalms 73:9) of the desire;" i:e., vague, insatiable desires for what he has not (Ecclesiastes 6:7; Hebrews 13:5). It is better to make the best of what we have before our eyes, however small and humble it seem, than to wander into the clouds with our desires (Luke 12:29).
This is also vanity - this restless wandering of desire, and not enjoying contentedly the present (1 Timothy 6:6; 1 Timothy 6:8).