Ecclesiastes 2:13
Parallel Translations


NASB: And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: But I saw that wisdom has an advantage over foolishness as light has an advantage over darkness. (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
ASV: Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
BBE: Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.
DBY: And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.
JPS: Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
WBS: Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
WEB: Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
YLT: And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

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