Category: Ecclesiastes

American Standard Version (ASV):
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

King James Version (KJV):
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

King James Version (KJV):
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

American Standard Version (ASV):
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

King James Version (KJV):
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

American Standard Version (ASV):
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

King James Version (KJV):
For wisdom [is] a defence, [and] money [is] a defence: but the excellency of knowledge [is, that] wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

King James Version (KJV):
Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked?

American Standard Version (ASV):
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything [that shall be] after him.

King James Version (KJV):
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

American Standard Version (ASV):
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing.

King James Version (KJV):
All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

King James Version (KJV):
Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

King James Version (KJV):
Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; [and] the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

King James Version (KJV):
Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.