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


In Context

8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.

9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

10 Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these?" For it is not wise to ask such questions.

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

12 Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor.

13 Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:11Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that 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.