Ecclesiastes 2:12-14

New International Reader's Version

¹² I decided to think about wisdom.
    I also thought about foolish pleasure.
What more can a new king do?
    Can he do anything more than others have already done?
¹³ I saw that wisdom is better than foolishness,
    just as light is better than darkness.
¹⁴ The eyes of a wise person see things clearly.
    A person who is foolish lives in darkness.
But I finally realized that death catches up
    with both of them.