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Ecclesiastes 2:13

Wisdom

11 Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

12 Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

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

14 The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

15 So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

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BSB
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
KJV
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.
ASV
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
DARBY
And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.
BLB
And I saw that there is profit to wisdom above folly, like the profit of the light over the darkness.
ÅB
Da så jeg at visdommen har samme fortrinn fremfor dårskapen som lyset har fremfor mørket;
OTB
Jeg så at visdom er overlegen dårskap, akkurat som lys er overlegen mørke.
B1930
Da så jeg at visdommen har samme fortrin fremfor dårskapen som lyset har fremfor mørket;

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