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Ecclesiastes 2:13


Ecclesiastes 2:12 Ecclesiastes 2:13 (KJV) Ecclesiastes 2:14
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then I sawH7200 thatH3426 wisdomH2451 excellethH3504 follyH5531, as far as lightH216 excellethH3504 darknessH2822.


Original Hebrew

וְרָאִיתִי אָנִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ יִתְרֹון לַחָכְמָה מִן־הַסִּכְלוּת כִּיתְרֹון הָאֹור מִן־הַחֹשֶׁךְ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ/רָאִ֣יתִי
ve./ra.'I.ti H7200 HC/Vqp1cs and/ I saw
אָ֔נִי
'A.ni H589 HPp1cs I
שֶׁ/יֵּ֥שׁ
shei./Yesh H3426 HTr/Tm that/ there
יִתְר֛וֹן
yit.Ron H3504 HNcmsa (is) advantage
לַֽ/חָכְמָ֖ה
la./cha.khe.Mah H2451 HRd/Ncfsa of (the)/ wisdom
מִן
min- H4480 HR more than
הַ/סִּכְל֑וּת
ha./sikh.Lut H5531 HTd/Ncfsa (the)/ folly
כִּֽ/יתְר֥וֹן
ki/t.Ron H3504 HR/Ncmsc like/ (the) advantage of
הָ/א֖וֹר
ha./'Or H216 HTd/Ncbsa (the)/ light
מִן
min- H4480 HR more than
הַ/חֹֽשֶׁךְ
ha./Cho.shekh H2822 HTd/Ncmsa (the)/ darkness
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H216 — אוֹר (ʼôwr, ore): from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
  • H2451 — חׇכְמָה (chokmâh, khok-maw'): from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
  • H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
  • H3426 — יֵשׁ (yêsh, yaysh): perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (הָיָה); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection); (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
  • H3504 — יִתְרוֹן (yithrôwn, yith-rone'): from יָתַר; preeminence, gain; better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).
  • H5531 — סִכְלוּת (çiklûwth, sik-looth'): or שִׂכְלוּת; (Ecclesiastes 1:17), from סָכַל; silliness; folly, foolishness.
  • H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
  • H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
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Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (4): Genesis 1:4, Ecclesiastes 8:1, Jeremiah 9:23, Daniel 6:3

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