Ecclesiastes 2:12
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
In other translations
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
Hebrew words
וּפָנִיתִיufanitiand I turnedH6437אֲנִי'aniIH589לִרְאוֹתlir'otto considerH7200חָכְמָהchokhmahwisdomH2451וְהוֹלֵלוֹתveholelotand madnessH1947וְסִכְלוּתvesikhlutand follyH5531כִּי׀kiforH3588מֶהmehwhat?H4100הָאָדָםha'adam[is] the personH120שֶׁיָּבוֹאsheiyavo'who <he >will comeH935אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֵת'et<obj.>H853אֲשֶׁר־'asher-[that] whichH834כְּבָרkevaralreadyH3528עָשׂוּהוּ׃'asuhupeople have done itH6213
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
- Ecclesiastes 1:9-109 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.9 What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
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