Ecclesiastes 7:11
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
- KJV
- Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
- WEB
- Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
- ASV
- Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
- DARBY
- Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.
- BLB
- Wisdom [is] good, with an inheritance, and profitable for those seeing the sun.
- ÅB
- Visdom er jevngod med arvegods, ja enda ypperligere for dem som ser solen;
- OTB
- Visdom, som en arv, er en god ting og en fordel for dem som ser solen.
- B1930
- Visdom er jevngod med arvegods, ja ennu ypperligere for dem som ser solen;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Read in context1 Timothy 6:17–19
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Read in contextProverbs 8:10–11
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:15–18
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Read in contextLuke 16:8–9
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Read in context1 Kings 3:6–9
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
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