Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
WEB
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
YLT
And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.
DBT
And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).