Verse List for ECC 2:13

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OET (OET-RV) I saw that wisdom is to be preferred over folly, ⇔ just as light is to be preferred over darkness.

OET-LV And_I _saw I (cmp)_there_is advantage of_wisdom more _than (the)_folly like_the _advantage _of the_light more _than the_darkness.

ULT And I saw, I, that there is a profit for wisdom more than folly, as, there is a profit of the light more than the darkness.

UST And then I recognized that being wise is far more helpful in life than being stupid, just like it is easier to live well when one has a source of light by which to see than when there is only darkness.

BSB & MSB And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

OEB No OEB ECC book available

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

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

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

FBV I recognized that wisdom is better than foolishness just as light is better than darkness.

T4T And I thought, “Surely it is better to be wise than to be foolish, ⇔  like light is better than darkness,

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

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

Moff Then I turned to look into wisdom and mad folly. Wisdom is better than folly, I saw, as light is better than darkness;

JPS 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.

DRA And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.

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

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

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

SLT And I saw there is profit to wisdom more than to folly, as the excellence of the light above darkness.

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

KJB-1769 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]Then I saw that wisedome excelleth folly, as farre as light excelleth darkenesse.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.
(And I saw that wisdom excelleth foolishness, as far as light doeth/does darkness.)

Gnva Then I saw that there is profite in wisdome, more then in follie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.
(Then I saw that there is profit in wisdom, more then in folly: as the light is more excellent then darkness.)

Cvdl and I sawe, that wy?dome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.
(and I saw, that wisdom excelleth foolishness, as far as light doeth/does darkness.)

Wycl And Y siy, that wisdom yede so mych bifor foli, as miche as liyt is dyuerse fro derknessis.
(And I see, that wisdom went so much before folly, as much as light is diverse/various from darkness.)

Luth Da sah ich, daß die Weisheit die Torheit übertraf, wie das Licht die Finsternis,
(So saw(v) I, that the wise_(people) the folly exceeded, as/like the light(n) the darkness,)

ClVg Et vidi quod tantum præcederet sapientia stultitiam, quantum differt lux a tenebris.[fn]
(And I_saw that only proceed wisdom stupidity, how_much different light from darkness.)

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

BrLXX Καὶ εἶδον ἐγὼ ὅτι ἐστὶ περίσσεια τῇ σοφίᾳ ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀφροσύνην, ὡς περίσσεια τοῦ φωτὸς ὑπὲρ τὸ σκότος.

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