Ecclesiastes 7:12 — Bible Verse (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.”
Ecclesiastes 7:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 7:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 7:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.”
Ecclesiastes 7:12 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Ecclesiastes 7:12 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 7:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For wisdom <FI>is<Fi> a defense, money <FI>is<Fi> a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> , She reviveth her possessors.”
Ecclesiastes 7:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 7:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For wisdom is a defence [as] money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, [that] wisdom maketh them that possess it to live. ”
Ecclesiastes 7:12 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 7:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? for thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.”
Ecclesiastes 7:12 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:12 in Context — Ecclesiastes 7
10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
12 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.
13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
14 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.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 7:12 Mean?
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