Holier Than Thou - Biblical Contradictions

What did Saul's traveling companions see and hear on their way to Damascus?

Acts 9:7, "The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone."

Acts 22:9, " 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,' he replied. My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me."

According to Acts chapters 9 and 22, Paul and his companions experienced the presence of the Lord on their way to Damascus, however, both accounts don't quite agree as to how everyone but Paul comprehended it.

"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)

"Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)