NIV: I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
NAS: And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.
KJV: Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
GWT: But I saw that wisdom has an advantage over foolishness as light has an advantage over darkness.
ASV: Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
BBE: Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.
DBY: And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.
DRB: And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.
WBS: Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
WEB: Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
YLT: 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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