Ecclesiastes 2:13
World English Bible (WEB)
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
In context
11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
15 Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen 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 every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
- KJV King James Version
- Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds 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.