Ecclesiastes 2:13
“Then I saw that wisedome excelleth folly, as farre as light excelleth darkenesse.”
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Ecclesiastes 2:13 Context
11Then I looked on all the workes that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to doe: and behold, all was vanitie, and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit vnder the Sunne. 12¶ And I turned my selfe to behold wisedome, and madnesse and folly: for what can the man doe, that commeth after the king? euen that which hath bene already done. 13Then I saw that wisedome excelleth folly, as farre as light excelleth darkenesse. 14The wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: and I my selfe perceiued also that one euent happeneth to them all. 15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the foole, so it happeneth euen to me, and why was I then more wise? then I said in my heart, That this also is vanitie.
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Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- King James Version
And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.
- Basic English Bible
And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.
- Darby Bible
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- Webster's Bible
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
- World English Bible
And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 2:13
2:13 I saw - I allowed thus much. Although wisdom is not sufficient to make men happy, yet it is of a far greater use than vain pleasures, or any other follies.