Ecclesiastes 2:15

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Ecclesiastes 2:15

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Holman Bible

So I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise?” And I said to myself that this is also futile.

New American Standard Bible

Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.”

King James Version

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.

International Standard Version

Then I told myself, "Whatever happens to the fool will happen also to me. Therefore what's the point in being so wise?" And I told myself that this also is pointless.

A Conservative Version

Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me, and why then was I more wise? Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

Then I said to myself, “As it happens to the fool, so death will also happen to me. What use is it then for me to be extremely wise?” Then I said in my heart, “This too is vanity (meaningless).”

Bible in Basic English

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

And I said in my heart, As the event of the foolish one, also I, it will meet me; and wherefore then was I more wise? And I spake in my heart, This is also vanity.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So I said {to myself}, "{If I also suffer the same fate as the fool}, {what advantage is my great wisdom}?" So I said {to myself}, "This also [is] vanity!"

Modern King James verseion

Then I said in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then thought I in my mind, "If it happeneth unto the fool as it doth unto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdom?" So I confessed within my heart, that this also was but vanity.

So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!"

New Heart English Bible

Then said I in my heart, "As it happens 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.

The Emphasized Bible

Then said, I, in my heart, As it happeneth to the dullard, even to me, will it happen, but wherefore, then, became, I, wise to excess? Therefore spake I, in my heart, Even this, is vanity.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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:

Themes

Man » Mortal

Vanity » Worldly wisdom

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Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

Then

H227

אז
'az

beginning, even, for, from, hitherto, now, old, since, then, time, when, yet

Usage: 141

said

H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .

Usage: 0

I in my heart

H3820

לב
Leb

heart, mind, midst, understanding, hearted, wisdom, comfortably, well, considered, friendly, kindly, stouthearted , care ,

Usage: 598

As it happeneth

H4745

מקרה
Miqreh

befall, event, hap, chance, happeneth

Usage: 10

to the fool

H3684

כּסיל
K@ciyl

fool, foolish

Usage: 70

so it happeneth

H7136

קרה
Qarah

happen, meet, beams, befall, brought,

Usage: 27

even to me

H1571

גּם
Gam

also, as, even, again, and,

Usage: 761

and why was I then more

H3148

יותר
Yowther

more, better, over, profit, moreover, further

Usage: 8

wise

H2449

חכם
Chakam

wise, wiser, wisely, teach wisdom, exceeding

Usage: 27

Then I said

H1696

דּבר
Dabar

speak, say, talk, promise, tell, commune, pronounce, utter, command

Usage: 1142

in my heart

H3820

לב
Leb

heart, mind, midst, understanding, hearted, wisdom, comfortably, well, considered, friendly, kindly, stouthearted , care ,

Usage: 598

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Ecclesiastes, The Book of

Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 2:15

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 12131
Ecclesiastes Rank: 153
4 Topics
2 Themes
7 Cross References
1 Reading
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1 Phrase
1 Name
1 Reference

Context Readings

The Living Must Abandon The Work Of Their Hands To Others At Death

¹⁴ The wise man has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.

Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both. ¹⁵ So I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise?” And I said to myself that this is also futile. ¹⁶ For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man, since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise man dies just like the fool?

Ecclesiastes 2:15

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