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KJV Lexicon Then'az (awz) at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore -- beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet. said 'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) I in my heart leb (labe) the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect As it happeneth miqreh (mik-reh') something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune -- something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth). to the fool kciyl (kes-eel') fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly -- fool(-ish). so it happeneth qarah (kaw-raw') to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor) even to me gam (gam) assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and and why was I then more yowther (yo-thare') redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction (as follows) -- better, more(-over), over, profit. wise chakam (khaw-kam') exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser. Then I said dabar (daw-bar') perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue in my heart leb (labe) the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect that this also is vanity hebel (heh'bel) emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb -- altogether, vain, vanity. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Then I said to myself, "As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?" So I said to myself, "This too is vanity." King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible So I said to myself, "What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise?" And I said to myself that this is also futile. International Standard Version Then I told myself, "Whatever happens to the fool will happen also to me. Therefore what's the point in being so wise?" And I told myself that this also is pointless. NET Bible So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!" GOD'S WORD® Translation I thought to myself, "[If] the destiny that waits for the fool waits for me as well, then what is the advantage in being wise?" So I thought that even this is pointless. King James 2000 Bible Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. Links Ecclesiastes 2:15Ecclesiastes 2:15 NIV Ecclesiastes 2:15 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:15 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:15 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:15 KJV |
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