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Ecclesiastes 2:12

Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּפָנִ֤יתִֽיu.fa.Ni.tiand I turnedH6437 →
אֲנִי֙'a.NiIH589 →
לִרְא֣וֹתlir.'otto considerH7200 →
חָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahwisdomH2451 →
וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹתve.ho.le.Lotand madnessH1947 →
וְסִכְל֑וּתve.sikh.Lutand follyH5531 →
כִּ֣י׀kiforH3588 →
מֶ֣הmehwhat?H4100 →
הָאָדָ֗םha.'a.Dam[is] the personH120 →
שֶׁיָּבוֹא֙shei.ya.Vo'who <he >will comeH935 →
אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-[that] whichH834 →
כְּבָ֖רke.VaralreadyH3528 →
עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃'a.Su.hupeople have done itH6213 →

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Ecclesiastes 1:17So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 1:9What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.Ecclesiastes 7:25I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.Ecclesiastes 1:9–10What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

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About Ecclesiastes

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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