Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 119:105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to look well to his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, yea, a profit to them that see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:16Then said I: 'Wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.'
Ecclesiastes 11:7And the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:13-17
Superiority of Wisdom to Folly. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more… Read the whole commentary →