• New International Version
    I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.

 

  • New Living Translation
    I thought, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.

 

  • English Standard Version
    Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.

 

  • Berean Standard Bible
    And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

 

  • King James Bible
    Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

 

  • New King James Version
    Then I saw that wisdom excels folly As light excels darkness.

 

  • New American Standard Bible
    Then I saw that wisdom surpasses foolishness as light surpasses darkness.

 

  • NASB 1995
    And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

 

  • NASB 1977
    And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

 

  • Amplified Bible
    Then I saw that [even secular] wisdom [that brings sorrow] is better than [the pleasures of] folly and self-indulgence as light excels darkness.

 

  • Christian Standard Bible
    And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.

 

  • Holman Christian Standard Bible
    And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.

 

  • American Standard Version
    Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

 

  • Aramaic Bible in Plain English
    And I have seen that there is more profit in wisdom than foolishness, as light is greater than darkness

 

  • Brenton Septuagint Translation
    And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness.

 

  • Contemporary English Version
    And I discovered that wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.

 

  • Douay-Rheims Bible
    And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.

 

  • Good News Translation
    Oh, I know, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.

 

  • International Standard Version
    I concluded that wisdom is more useful than foolishness, just as light is more useful than darkness.

 

  • JPS Tanakh 1917
    Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

 

  • Literal Standard Version
    And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

 

  • New American Bible
    And I saw that wisdom has as much profit over folly as light has over darkness.

 

  • NET Bible
    I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:

 

  • New Revised Standard Version
    Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

 

  • New Heart English Bible
    Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

 

  • World English Bible
    Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

 

  • Young’s Literal Translation
    And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

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