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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)