Ecclesiastes 2:15 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

¹⁵ 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.

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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 did according to thy word, I gave to thee a wise and understanding heart; that there was not as thou before thee, and after thee there shall not arise like thee.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I saw all the works they did under the sun; and behold, all vanity and striving of the spirit

Ecclesiastes 1:16

It spake with my heart, saying, Behold, I was magnified, and added wisdom over all that were before me at Jerusalem: and my heart saw much of wisdom and knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For in abundance of wisdom, abundance of trouble: and he adding knowledge will increase pain.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; vanity of vanities, all vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For no remembrance for the wise with the foolish one forever, since in the days coming, all being forgotten. And how will the wise die? with the foolish one.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

For there is many words increasing vanity, what shall remain to man?

Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what will remain to the wise one more than the foolish one? what to the poor that shall know to go before the living