Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I thought to myself, "What happens to fools is going to happen to me, too. So what have I gained from being so wise?" "Nothing," I answered, "not a thing." Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity. even to me Ecclesiastes 1:16,18 I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned. . . . 1 Kings 3:12 Behold I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understanding heart, in so much that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee. then Ecclesiastes 1:2,14 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity. . . . Context The Wise and the Foolish…14The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike. 15And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.16For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool forever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.… Cross References Ecclesiastes 2:16 For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool forever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned. Ecclesiastes 6:8 What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life? Ecclesiastes 6:11 There are many words that have much vanity in disputing. Additional Translations 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.Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity. And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance. And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity. Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also was vanity. 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. Then I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity. and I said in my heart, 'As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?' And I spake in my heart, that also this is vanity: Jump to Previous Befall Befalls Extremely Fate Fool Foolish Gain Happeneth Happens Heart Meaningless Overmuch Overtake Thought Vanity WiseJump to Next Befall Befalls Extremely Fate Fool Foolish Gain Happeneth Happens Heart Meaningless Overmuch Overtake Thought Vanity WiseLinks Ecclesiastes 2:15 NIVEcclesiastes 2:15 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:15 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:15 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:15 KJV Ecclesiastes 2:15 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 2:15 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:15 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:15 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:15 German Bible Alphabetical: also As been befall being by do extremely fate fool gain have heart I in is it me meaningless my myself of overtake said So The Then This thought to too vanity What Why will wise OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 2:15 Then said I in my heart As (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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