Ecclesiastes 2:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 2:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי
pânâh
H6437
to turn
אֲנִי֙
ʼănîy
H589
I
לִרְא֣וֹת
râʼâh
H7200
to see
חָכְמָ֔ה
chokmâh
H2451
wisdom
וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת
hôwlêlâh
H1947
madness
וְסִכְל֑וּת
çiklûwth
H5531
foolishness
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
מֶ֣ה
mâh
H4100
what
הָאָדָ֗ם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
שֶׁיָּבוֹא֙
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אַחֲרֵ֣י
ʼachar
H310
after
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אֵ֥ת
ʼêth
H853
-
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
כְּבָ֖ר
kᵉbâr
H3528
already
עָשֽׂוּהוּ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
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World English Bible Public Domain
I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So I turned, I, to see wisdom and madness and folly, because what the person who will come after the king that which he has already done?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).