Ecclesiastes 7:11

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 7:11

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Berean Standard Bible

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.

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WEB

World English Bible

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 7

⁹ Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

¹⁰ Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

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

¹² For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

¹³ Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

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