Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I thought to myself, "What happens to fools is going to happen to me, too. So what have I gained from being so wise?" "Nothing," I answered, "not a thing." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity. even to me Ecclesiastes 1:16,18 I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned. . . . 1 Kings 3:12 Behold I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understanding heart, in so much that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee. then Ecclesiastes 1:2,14 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity. . . . Context The Wise and the Foolish…14The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike. 15And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.16For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool forever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.… Cross References Ecclesiastes 2:16 For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool forever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned. Ecclesiastes 6:8 What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life? Ecclesiastes 6:11 There are many words that have much vanity in disputing. Jump to Previous Befall Befalls Extremely Fate Fool Foolish Gain Happeneth Happens Heart Meaningless Overmuch Overtake Thought Vanity WiseJump to Next Befall Befalls Extremely Fate Fool Foolish Gain Happeneth Happens Heart Meaningless Overmuch Overtake Thought Vanity WiseLinks Ecclesiastes 2:15 NIVEcclesiastes 2:15 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:15 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:15 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:15 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 2:15 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:15 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:15 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:15 German Bible Alphabetical: also As been befall being by do extremely fate fool gain have heart I in is it me meaningless my myself of overtake said So The Then This thought to too vanity What Why will wise OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 2:15 Then said I in my heart As (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |