Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽי wə-’ā-mar-tî And said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs 589 [e] אֲנִ֜י ’ă-nî I Pro-1cs 3820 [e] בְּלִבִּ֗י bə-lib-bî in my heart Prep-b | N-msc | 1cs 4745 [e] כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה kə-miq-rêh As it happens to Prep-k | N-msc 3684 [e] הַכְּסִיל֙ hak-kə-sîl the fool Art | N-ms 1571 [e] גַּם־ gam- also Conj 589 [e] אֲנִ֣י ’ă-nî to me Pro-1cs 7136 [e] יִקְרֵ֔נִי yiq-rê-nî it will happen V-Qal-Imperf-3ms | 1cs 4100 [e] וְלָ֧מָּה wə-lām-māh and what Conj-w | Interrog 2449 [e] חָכַ֛מְתִּי ḥā-ḵam-tî [in] being wise V-Qal-Perf-1cs 589 [e] אֲנִ֖י ’ă-nî to me Pro-1cs 227 [e] אָ֣ז ’āz then Adv 3148 [e] יוֹתֵ֑ר yō-w-ṯêr [is] profit N-ms 1696 [e] וְדִבַּ֣רְתִּי wə-ḏib-bar-tî And I said Conj-w | V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs 3820 [e] בְלִבִּ֔י ḇə-lib-bî in my heart Prep-b | N-msc | 1cs 1571 [e] שֶׁגַּם־ šeg-gam- Also Pro-r | Conj 2088 [e] זֶ֖ה zeh this Pro-ms 1892 [e] הָֽבֶל׃ hā-ḇel [is] vapor N-ms

Berean Study Bible
So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

Young's Literal Translation
and I said in my heart, ‘As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?’ And I spake in my heart{.htm" title="{">, that also this [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.

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. Ecclesiastes 2:15 • Ecclesiastes 2:15 NIV • Ecclesiastes 2:15 NLT • Ecclesiastes 2:15 ESV • Ecclesiastes 2:15 NASB • Ecclesiastes 2:15 KJV • Ecclesiastes 2:15 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 2:15 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 2:15 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 2:15 German Bible

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