Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Modern English Version

¹² For the protective shadow of wisdom is like the protective shadow of silver, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For wisdom is a defense even as money is a defense, but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom shields and preserves the life of him who has it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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.

Common English Bible

¹² Wisdom’s protection is like the protection of money; the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Wisdom with riches is more useful and more advantageous, for those who see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 Tagairtí Cros

Job 1:10

Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For in You my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of Your wings will I take refuge, until these calamities pass by.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

Proverbs 2:11

discretion will preserve you, understanding will keep you,

Proverbs 2:7

He stores up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; blessed are those who retain her.

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,

Proverbs 9:11

For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry, but money resolves everything.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Then I saw that there is more benefit in wisdom than in foolishness, more benefit in light than in darkness.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom gives the wise person more strength than ten rulers who are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength; yet the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heard.”

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.

Isaiah 30:2

they walk down to Egypt and have not asked from My mouth, to strengthen themselves in the safety of Pharaoh and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Isaiah 32:2

A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Isaiah 33:6

He shall be the stability of your times, a wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is His treasure.

John 12:50

I know that His command is eternal life. Therefore what I say, I say as the Father tells me.”

John 17:3

This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For it is no idle word for you, because it is your life, and by this word you will prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.”

Philippians 3:8

Yes, certainly, I count everything as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have forfeited the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ,

Judges 9:15

“The thorn bush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade. If not, let fire come out from the thorn bush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’