12 ¶ And I turned to behold [a]wisdom, and madness, and folly: (for who is the man that [b]will come after the King in things, which men now have done?)

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 [c]eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness: yet I know also that the same [d]condition falleth to them all.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:12 I bethought with myself whether it were better to follow wisdom, or mine own affections and pleasures, which he calleth madness.
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Or, compare with the King.
  3. Ecclesiastes 2:14 He forseeth things, which the fool cannot for lack of wisdom.
  4. Ecclesiastes 2:14 For both die and are forgotten as verse 16, or they both alike have prosperity or adversity.

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