13And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.


In Context

10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.

11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man do that cometh after the king? that which hath already been done.

13 And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.

14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

15 And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:13I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:13And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.