Ecclesiastes 2:19 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 2:19 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 →
וּמִ֣י
mîy
H4310
who
יוֹדֵ֗עַ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
הֶֽחָכָ֤ם
châkâm
H2450
wise
יִהְיֶה֙
hâyâh
H1961
to be
א֣וֹ
ʼôw
H176
or
סָכָ֔ל
çâkâl
H5530
fool
וְיִשְׁלַט֙
shâlaṭ
H7980
to dominate
בְּכָל
kôl
H3605
all
עֲמָלִ֔י
ʻâmâl
H5999
toil
שֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּי
ʻâmal
H5998
to labor
וְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּי
châkam
H2449
to be wise
תַּ֣חַת
tachath
H8478
under
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ
shemesh
H8121
sun
גַּם
gam
H1571
also
זֶ֖ה
zeh
H2088
this
הָֽבֶל
hebel
H1892
vapor
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World English Bible Public Domain
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
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King James Version Public Domain
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And who knows: Will he be wise or a fool? And he will have authority over all my toil that I toiled and which I was wise under the sun. Also, this vapor.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).