Ecclesiastes 2:13-16 But I saw indeed that wisdom hath the advantage over folly, as great as the advantage of light over darkness.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ But I saw indeed that wisdom hath the advantage over folly, as great as the advantage of light over darkness. ¹⁴ The wise man hath his eyes in his head, while the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself perceived then also that one occurrence will befall all of them. ¹⁵ Then said I in my heart, The same that befalleth the fool will also befall even me: and why have I then been wiser? Then spoke I in my heart, that this is also vanity. ¹⁶ For there is no recollection of the wise any more than of the fool for ever: seeing that which hath long ago been will, in the days that are coming, all be forgotten. And how doth the wise die equally with the fool!