| Ecclesiastes 2:13 Parallel Translations |  |
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| 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. |
| ERV: | Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 2:13 Cross References |
| XREF: | Ecclesiastes 7:11 Wisdom along with an inheritance is good And an advantage to those who see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 7:12 For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.
Ecclesiastes 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 2:13 I saw - I allowed thus much. Although wisdom is not sufficient to make men happy, yet it is of a far greater use than vain pleasures, or any other follies. |
| MHC: | 2:12-17 Solomon found that knowledge and prudence were preferable to ignorance and folly, though human wisdom and knowledge will not make a man happy. The most learned of men, who dies a stranger to Christ Jesus, will perish equally with the most ignorant; and what good can commendations on earth do to the body in the grave, or the soul in hell? And the spirits of just men made perfect cannot want them. So that if this were all, we might be led to hate our life, as it is all vanity and vexation of spirit. |
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