Ecclesiastes 2:13

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 2:13

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Berean Standard Bible

And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

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KJV

King James Version

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

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World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 2

¹¹ Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

¹² Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

¹³ And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

¹⁴ The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

¹⁵ So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

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