Ecclesiastes 2:13-15
1599 Geneva Bible
13 Then I saw that there is profit in wisdom more than in folly: as the light is more excellent than darkness.
14 (A)For the wise man’s [a]eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness: yet I know also that the same [b]condition falleth to them all.
15 Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth unto me, as it befalleth to the fool. Why therefore do I then labor to be more wise? And I said in mine heart, that this also is vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:14 He forseeth things, which the fool cannot for lack of wisdom.
- Ecclesiastes 2:14 For both die and are forgotten as verse 16, or they both alike have prosperity or adversity.
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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