13And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.


In Context

10 And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,

11 and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

12 And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what is the man who cometh after the king? that which is already — they have done it!

13 And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

14 The wise! — his eyes are in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;

15 and I said in my heart, 'As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?' And I spake in my heart, that also this 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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