I decided to learn how wisdom and knowledge are better than thinking foolish things. But I learned that trying to become wise is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [7]}
Ecclesiastes 2:12 - Easy To Read Version No person can do more than a king can do. Some king has already done anything you might want to do. {\cf2\super [9]} \{And I learned that even the things a king does are a waste of time.\} So I again began to think about being wise, being foolish, and doing crazy things. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I turned to consider [human] wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the man do who succeeds the king? Nothing but what has been done already. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible My reflections then turned to wisdom, madness, and folly. What can the king’s heir do but what has already been done? Catholic Public Domain Version I continued on, so as to contemplate wisdom, as well as error and foolishness. "What is man," I said, "that he would be able to follow his Maker, the King?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I, that he can follow the King his maker?) |
I decided to learn how wisdom and knowledge are better than thinking foolish things. But I learned that trying to become wise is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [7]}
Things that happened in the past have happened, \{and we can’t change them\}. And things that will happen in the future will happen, \{and we can’t change them\}. But God wants to help people that have been treated badly. {\cf2\super [17]}
I studied and I tried very hard to find true wisdom. I tried to find a reason for everything. \{What did I learn?\} I learned that it is foolish to be evil, and it is crazy to act like a foolish person.