6437 [e]   12 ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯî   12 וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי    12 And turned   12 Conj‑w ¦ V‑Qal‑ConjPerf‑1cs   12

589 [e] ’ă·nî אֲנִי֙ I Pro‑1cs

7200 [e] lir·’ō·wṯ לִרְא֣וֹת [then] to look at Prep‑l ¦ V‑Qal‑Inf

2451 [e] ḥāḵ·māh חָכְמָ֔ה wisdom N‑fs

1947 [e] wə·hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת and madness Conj‑w ¦ N‑fp

5531 [e] wə·siḵ·lūṯ; וְסִכְל֑וּת and folly Conj‑w ¦ N‑fs

3588 [e] kî כִּ֣י׀ for Conj

4100 [e] meh מֶ֣ה what Interrog

120 [e] hā·’ā·ḏām, הָאָדָ֗ם [is] the man Art ¦ N‑ms

935 [e] še·yā·ḇō·w שֶׁיָּבוֹא֙ who comes Pro‑r ¦ V‑Qal‑Imperf‑3ms

310 [e] ’a·ḥă·rê אַחֲרֵ֣י after Prep

4428 [e] ham·me·leḵ, הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ the king Art ¦ N‑ms

853 [e] ’êṯ אֵ֥ת - DirObjM

834 [e] ’ă·šer- אֲשֶׁר־ that which Pro‑r

3528 [e] kə·ḇār כְּבָ֖ר already Adv

6213 [e] ‘ā·śū·hū. עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃ they have done V‑Qal‑Perf‑3cp ¦ 3ms

Berean Study Bible
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?

Young's Literal Translation
And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what [is] the man{.htm" title="{"> who cometh after the king? that which [is] already—they have done it!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He will do what has already been done.

New American Standard Bible
So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what [will] the man [do] who will come after the king [except] what has already been done?

King James Bible
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. Ecclesiastes 2:12 • Ecclesiastes 2:12 NIV • Ecclesiastes 2:12 NLT • Ecclesiastes 2:12 ESV • Ecclesiastes 2:12 NASB • Ecclesiastes 2:12 KJV • Ecclesiastes 2:12 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 2:12 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 2:12 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 2:12 German Bible

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