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Ecclesiastes 2:13

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

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Ecclesiastes 2:13 — The New International Version (NIV)

13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly,

just as light is better than darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — New Living Translation (NLT)

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

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly

As light excels darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — New Century Version (NCV)

13 I saw that being wise is certainly better than being foolish,

just as light is better than darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

13 But I saw that wisdom has an advantage over foolishness as light has an advantage over darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

13 I realized that wisdom has an advantage over folly, just as light has an advantage over darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

13 I saw that wisdom is better than foolishness,

just as light is better than darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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


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