Ecc Ecclesiastes, chapter Ecclesiastes, chapter 7
For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defense, || And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], || She revives her possessors.
Kazatel 7:12 v různých překladech
Angličtina
KJV (66 books)
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.
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.
BSB
For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
DRA [7:13]
For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.
FBV
For wisdom provides security, as does money, but the advantage for those who have wisdom is that they are kept safe and sound!
GNV
Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? for thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.
NASB
For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom keeps its possessors alive. NASB 2020
NIV (US)
Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it.
NMV
For wisdom [is] a defense, [and] money [is] a defense: but the excellency of knowledge [is, that] wisdom gives life to them that have it.
OJB
For chochmah is a protective tzel (shade), and kesef is as well; but the advantage of da'as is, that chochmah giveth chayyim (life) to them that possess it.
T4T
We are sometimes protected by being wise like we are sometimes protected by having a lot of money, but being wise is better than having a lot of money, because being wise prevents us from doing foolish things that would cause us to die.
WEB (US)
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.
WEB (UK)
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.