Ecclesiastes 2:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹⁵ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me. And of what use is it then for me to be more wise? Then I said in my heart, This also is vanity (emptiness, vainglory, and futility)!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ So I thought to myself, What happens to the fool will also happen to me. So why have I been so very wise? I said to myself, This too is pointless.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And I said in my heart: "If the death of both the foolish and myself will be one, how does it benefit me, if I have given myself more thoroughly to the work of wisdom?" And as I was speaking within my own mind, I perceived that this, too, is emptiness.

Ecclesiastes 2:15 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 3:12

behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I said to myself, *Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Yerushalayim. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.*

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

*Vanity of vanities,* says Kohelet; *Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.*

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

Ecclesiastes 6:11

For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?