Ecclesiastes 2:13
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
In context
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.
Ecclesiastes 2:13 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
- KJV King James Version
- Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- WEB World English Bible
- Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.