Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation After all, a king can only do what previous kings have done. So I started thinking about what it meant to be wise or reckless or foolish. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I that he can follow the King his maker?) i turned Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit, Ecclesiastes 7:25 I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent: even that which hath already been done Ecclesiastes 2:25 Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I? Context The Wise and the Foolish12I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I that he can follow the King his maker?)13And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.… Cross References Ecclesiastes 1:9 What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done. Ecclesiastes 1:10 Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us. Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit, Ecclesiastes 3:15 That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past. Additional Translations 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?And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done.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 done long ago. Then I looked on to see wisdom, and madness, and folly: for who is the man who will follow after counsel, in all things where in he employs it? And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man [do] that cometh after the king? -- that which hath already been done. 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. 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. I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago. And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what is the man who cometh after the king? that which is already -- they have done it! Jump to Previous Ago Already Consider Except Folly Foolish King's Madness Search Successor Thoughts Turned Ways WisdomJump to Next Ago Already Consider Except Folly Foolish King's Madness Search Successor Thoughts Turned Ways WisdomLinks Ecclesiastes 2:12 NIVEcclesiastes 2:12 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:12 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:12 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:12 KJV Ecclesiastes 2:12 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 2:12 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:12 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:12 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:12 German Bible Alphabetical: after already also and been can come consider do done except folly for has I king king's madness man more my So successor than the Then thoughts to turned What who will wisdom OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 2:12 I turned myself to consider wisdom madness (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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