Ecclesiastes 2:15
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 2:15 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
und ich sprach in meinem Herzen: Gleich dem Geschick des Toren wird auch mir widerfahren, und wozu bin ich dann überaus weise gewesen? Und ich sprach in meinem Herzen, daß auch das Eitelkeit sei.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Entonces dije yo en mi corazón: Como sucederá al necio me sucederá también á mí: ¿para qué pues he trabajado hasta ahora por hacerme más sabio? Y dije en mi corazón, que también esto era vanidad.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Por isso eu disse em meu coração: Assim como acontece ao tolo, também acontecerá a mim; por que então eu me tornei mais sábio? Então disse em meu coração que isto também era inútil.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Então, eu disse em meu coração: o que acontece ao tolo também me acontecerá. Então, que diferença faz em ser muito sábio? Concluí em meu coração: isso também é apenas ilusão.
📖 Ecclesiastes 2:15 in Context
13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15Then 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.
16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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