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Ecclesiastes 2:13-15
Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:13-15
Christian Standard Bible
13 And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.(A)
14 The wise person has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.(B)
Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.(C) 15 So I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise?” (D) And I said to myself that this is also futile.
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Ecclesiastes 2:13-15
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 2:13-15
New International Version
13 I saw that wisdom(A) is better than folly,(B)
just as light is better than darkness.
14 The wise have eyes in their heads,
while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
that the same fate overtakes them both.(C)
15 Then I said to myself,
“The fate of the fool will overtake me also.
What then do I gain by being wise?”(D)
I said to myself,
“This too is meaningless.”
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