Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
KJV
Et vidi quod tantum præcederet sapientia stultitiam, quantum differt lux a tenebris.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶδον ἐγὼ ὅτι ἐστὶν περισσεία τῇ σοφίᾳ ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀφροσύνην, ὡς περισσεία τοῦ φωτὸς ὑπὲρ τὸ σκότος.
LXX
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
ASV
וְ/רָאִ֣יתִי אָ֔נִי שֶׁ/יֵּ֥שׁ יִתְר֛וֹן לַֽ/חָכְמָ֖ה מִן הַ/סִּכְל֑וּת כִּֽ/יתְר֥וֹן הָ/א֖וֹר מִן הַ/חֹֽשֶׁךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יִתְר֥וֹן
ytrvn
noun · 10×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
סִכְל֑וּת
sklvt
noun · 7×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But He does not this only, but also, by saying, into the hands of sinners, He cheers up their minds, showing it was the effect of their wickedness, not of His being liable to any charge. Rise, let us be going; behold, he is at hand that does betray me. Matthew 26:46 For by all means He taught them, that the matter was not of necessity, nor of weakness, but of some secret dis…
Chapter 3.—What Solomon, in the Book of Ecclesiastes, Says Regarding the Things Which Happen Alike to Good and Wicked Men. Solomon, the wisest king of Israel, who reigned in Jerusalem, thus commences the book called Ecclesiastes, which the Jews number among their canonical Scriptures: “Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a …
Cross-references
- Dan 6:3 — Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
- Eccl 7:11 — Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
- Eccl 7:11 — Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
- Eccl 8:1 — Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
- Eccl 11:7 — Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
- Eph 5:8 — For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
- Gen 1:4 — And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
- Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- Luke 11:34 — The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
- Mal 3:18 — Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
- Matt 6:23 — But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Ps 119:105 — Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.