11Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.


In Context

8 Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.

9 Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.

10 Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.

11 Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.

12 For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence : but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.

13 Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.

Ecclesiastes 7:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:11Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance: yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And an advantage it is to those beholding the sun.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.