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


In Context

10 And whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused them not: and I withheld not my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and delighting itself in the things which I had prepared: and esteemed this my portion, to make use of my own labour.

11 And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.

12 I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I, that he can follow the King his maker?)

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

14 The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.

15 And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, 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.