Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 6437 [e] וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי ū-p̄ā-nî-ṯî And turned Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs 589 [e] אֲנִי֙ ’ă-nî I Pro-1cs 7200 [e] לִרְא֣וֹת lir-’ō-wṯ to consider Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 2451 [e] חָכְמָ֔ה ḥāḵ-māh wisdom N-fs 1947 [e] וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת wə-hō-w-lê-lō-wṯ and madness Conj-w | N-fp 5531 [e] וְסִכְל֑וּת wə-siḵ-lūṯ; and folly Conj-w | N-fs 3588 [e] כִּ֣י ׀ kî for Conj 4100 [e] מֶ֣ה meh what [can do] Interrog 120 [e] הָאָדָ֗ם hā-’ā-ḏām, the man Art | N-ms 935 [e] שֶׁיָּבוֹא֙ še-yā-ḇō-w who succeeds Pro-r | V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 310 [e] אַחֲרֵ֣י ’a-ḥă-rê after Prep 4428 [e] הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ham-me-leḵ, the king Art | N-ms 853 [e] אֵ֥ת ’êṯ - DirObjM 834 [e] אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă-šer- [Only] what Pro-r 3528 [e] כְּבָ֖ר kə-ḇār already Adv 6213 [e] עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃ ‘ā-śū-hū. he has done V-Qal-Perf-3cp | 3ms

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.

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.

i turned

Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: …

Ecclesiastes 7:25 I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, …

even that which hath already been done

Ecclesiastes 2:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

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