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


In Context

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

11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

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

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

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

15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more 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 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 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.