Ecclesiastes 2:1 (NASB95)

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Ecclesiastes 2:13 - And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

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KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly
As light excels darkness.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

I thought, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

Then I saw that wisdom surpasses foolishness as light surpasses darkness.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

And I saw that there is an advantage in wisdom over simpleminded folly as light has an advantage over darkness.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

Then I saw that [even secular] wisdom [that brings sorrow] is better than [the pleasures of] folly and self-indulgence as light excels darkness.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

et vidi quia tantum praecederet sapientia stultitiam quantum differt lux tenebris

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

فَوَجَدْتُ أَنَّ الْحِكْمَةَ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْحَمَاقَةِ، تَمَاماً كَمَا أَنَّ النُّورَ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ،

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

וְרָאִ֣יתִי אָ֔נִי שֶׁיֵּ֥שׁ יִתְר֛וֹן לַֽחָכְמָ֖ה מִן־הַסִּכְל֑וּת כִּֽיתְר֥וֹן הָא֖וֹר מִן־הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

καὶ εἶδον ἐγὼ ὅτι ἔστιν περισσεία τῇ σοφίᾳ ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀφροσύνην ὡς περισσεία τοῦ φωτὸς ὑπὲρ τὸ σκότος

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ لِلْحِكْمَةِ مَنْفَعَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْجَهْلِ، كَمَا أَنَّ لِلنُّورِ مَنْفَعَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Y he visto que la sabiduría sobrepuja á la necedad, como la luz á las tinieblas.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Y he visto que la sabiduría sobrepasa a la necedad, como la luz a las tinieblas.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

我便看出智慧勝過愚昧、如同光明勝過黑暗。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Yo vi que la sabiduría tiene ventaja sobre la necedad, como la ventaja que la luz tiene sobre las tinieblas.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

내가 보건대 지혜가 우매보다 뛰어남이 빛이 어두움보다 뛰어남 같도다

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Et j'ai vu que la sagesse a de l'avantage sur la folie, comme la lumière a de l'avantage sur les ténèbres;

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Da ich aber sah, daß die Weisheit die Torheit übertraf wie das Licht die Finsternis;

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

И увидел я, что преимущество мудрости перед глупостью такое же, как преимущество света перед тьмою:

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Y he visto que la sabiduría sobrepasa a la locura, como la luz a las tinieblas.

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