Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
WEB
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
YLT
Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And an advantage it is to those beholding the sun.
DBT
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.
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).