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


In Context

10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.

12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king's successor do than what has already been done?

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

14 The wise man has eyes in his head, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.

15 Then I thought in my heart, "The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?" I said in my heart, "This too is meaningless."

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 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 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.