540 B
540 B
The more words there are
"The more words that people speak"
the more meaningless they become
The more a person speaks, the more likely he will speak about meaningless things. Alternate translation: "the more meaningless those words are"
What advantage is that to a man?
The author uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that there is no advantage for a man to talk a lot. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "That is no advantage to a man." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)