Ecclesiastes 2:15
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Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
In other translations
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
Hebrew words
וְאָמַרְתִּיve'amartiand I saidH559אֲנִי'aniIH589בְּלִבִּיbelibiin heart myH3820כְּמִקְרֵהkemikrehlike [the] fate ofH4745הַכְּסִילhakesilthe foolH3684גַּם־gam-alsoH1571אֲנִי'animeH589יִקְרֵנִיyikreniit will happen to meH7136וְלָמָּהvelamahand <to> why?H4100חָכַמְתִּיchakhamtihave I become wiseH2449אֲנִי'aniIH589אָז'azthenH227יוֹתֵרyoterexcessivelyH3148וְדִבַּרְתִּיvedibartiand I saidH1696בְלִבִּיvelibiin heart myH3820שֶׁגַּם־shegam-that alsoH1571זֶהzehthisH2088הָבֶל׃havel[is] futilityH1892
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Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 6:8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
- Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
- 1 Kings 3:12Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.
- Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
- Ecclesiastes 1:16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
- Ecclesiastes 1:18-2:1For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
- Ecclesiastes 1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
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