Ecclesiastes 2:15

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

English Berean Standard 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.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me; and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.

Darby Translation ☆

And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.

Noyes Bible ☆

Then I said in my heart, “As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth to me. Why, then, became I wiser than others?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is vanity.”

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Then said I in my heart, The same that befalleth the fool will also befall even me: and why have I then been wiser? Then spoke I in my heart, that this is also vanity.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Then said I in my heart: 'As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?' Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

King James Version ☆

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.

Majority Standard 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.

Webster 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.

Revised Version ☆

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also was vanity.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, So shall it be to me, even to me; And to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, Because the fool speaks of his abundance.

World English Bible ☆

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

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, that also this [is] vanity:

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Then said I in my lev, As the mikreh befalls the kesil, so also will the same mikreh befall me; and wherein have I then been of more chochmah? Then I said in my lev, This also is hevel.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَقُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «كَمَا يَحْدُثُ لِلْجَاهِلِ كَذَلِكَ يَحْدُثُ أَيْضًا لِي أَنَا. وَإِذْ ذَاكَ، فَلِمَاذَا أَنَا أَوْفَرُ حِكْمَةً؟» فَقُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သို့ဖြစ်၍၊ မိုက်သောသူတွေ့ကြုံသကဲ့သို့၊ ငါသည် တွေ့ကြုံလျှင်၊ အဘယ်ကြောင့်သူ့ထက်သာ၍ ပညာ ရှိသနည်းဟူ၍၎င်း၊ ဤအမှုအရာသည်လည်း အနတ္တ ဖြစ်သည်ဟူ၎င်း ငါအောက်မေ့၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သို့ဖြစ်၍ ၊ မိုက် သောသူတွေ့ကြုံ သကဲ့သို့ ၊ ငါ သည် တွေ့ကြုံ လျှင် ၊ အဘယ် ကြောင့်သူ့ထက်သာ၍ပညာရှိ သနည်းဟူ၍၎င်း၊ ဤ အမှုအရာသည်လည်း အနတ္တ ဖြစ်သည်ဟူ၎င်း ငါ အောက်မေ့ ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

To pongah palung thungah hae tiah ka poek, Kamthu khaeah kaom hmuen baktiah ni, kai khaeah doeh oh toeng; to tih nahaeloe tipongah kai loe palungha kue ah ka oh loe? To pacoengah loe ka palung thungah, Hae hmuen doeh azom pui bae hae, tiah ka poek.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Ka lungbuei khuiah tah, “Kai khaw aka ang kah hmatoeng bangla kamah m'mah. Te dongah metlam ka cueih tih ka hoeikhang?” ka ti. Te vaengah ka lungbuei nen tah, “He khaw a honghi coeng ni,” ka ti.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Ka lungbuei khuiah tah, “Kai khaw aka ang kah hmatoeng bangla kamah m'mah. Te dongah metlam ka cueih tih ka hoeikhang?” ka ti. Te vaengah ka lungbuei nen tah, “He khaw a honghi coeng ni,” ka ti.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我就心里说：「愚昧人所遇见的，我也必遇见，我为何更有智慧呢？」我心里说，这也是虚空。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我就心裏說：「愚昧人所遇見的，我也必遇見，我為何更有智慧呢？」我心裏說，這也是虛空。

World Chinese Bible ☆

我心里说：“愚昧人所遭遇的，我也照样会遭遇；那我为什么更有智慧呢？”我心里又说，这也是虚空。

Croatian Bible ☆

Zato rekoh u sebi: “Kakva je sudbina luđaku, takva je i meni. Čemu onda žudjeti za mudrošću?” I rekoh u srcu: “I to je ispraznost!”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Protož jsem řekl v srdci svém: Máliť mi se tak díti, jako se děje bláznu, pročež jsem tedy moudrostí předčil? A tak řekl jsem v srdci svém: I to jest marnost.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Da sagde jeg ved mig selv: “Tåbens Skæbne rammer også mig; hvad har jeg da for, at jeg er blevet overvættes viis?” Og jeg sagde ved mig selv, at også det er Tomhed;

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Dies zeide ik in mijn hart: Gelijk het den dwaze bejegent, zal het ook mijzelven bejegenen; waarom heb ik dan toen meer naar wijsheid gestaan? Toen sprak ik in mijn hart, dat ook hetzelve ijdelheid was.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Daarom dacht ik bij mijzelf: Als het lot van den dwaas ook mij treft, Wat baat mij dan al mijn wijsheid? En ik zeide bij mijzelf: Ook dat is ijdel.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj mi diris en mia koro: Ankaŭ min atingos tia sama sorto, kiel la malsaĝulon; por kio do mi estis pli saĝa? Kaj mi diris en mia koro, ke ankaŭ ĉi tio estas vantaĵo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et j’ai dit en mon cœur : Le sort du fou m’atteint, moi aussi ; et pourquoi alors ai-je été si sage ? Et j’ai dit en mon cœur que cela aussi est vanité.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et j'ai dit en mon cœur: Il m'arrivera comme à l'insensé. Pourquoi donc ai-je été plus sage? Et j'ai dit en mon cœur, que cela aussi est une vanité.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Et j’ai dit en mon cœur: J’aurai le même sort que l’insensé; pourquoi donc ai-je été plus sage? Et j’ai dit en mon cœur que c’est encore là une vanité.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Alors je me dis : « Le sort de l'insensé m'atteindra moi aussi ; à quoi m'a donc servi d'être plus sage ? » Je conclus que cela aussi est vanité.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

und ich sprach in meinem Herzen: Gleich dem Geschick des Toren wird auch mir widerfahren, und wozu bin ich dann überaus weise gewesen? Und ich sprach in meinem Herzen, daß auch das Eitelkeit sei.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Da dachte ich in meinem Herzen: Weil es denn mir geht wie dem Narren, warum habe ich denn nach Weisheit getrachtet? Da dachte ich in meinem Herzen, daß solches auch eitel sei.

German Textbibel ☆

Und ich sprach zu mir selbst: das Schicksal des Thoren wird auch mir widerfahren, und wozu bin ich dann so überaus weise geworden? Da dachte ich in meinem Sinn, auch das sei eitel.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Da sprach ich in meinem Herzen: Wenn mir doch das gleiche Schicksal begegnet wie dem Toren, warum bin ich denn so überaus weise geworden? Und ich sprach in meinem Herzen: Auch das ist eitel!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου· ὡς συνάντημα τοῦ ἄφρονος καί γε ἐμοὶ συναντήσεταί μοι, καὶ ἱνατί ἐσοφισάμην ἐγώ; τότε περισσὸν ἐλάλησα ἐν καρδίᾳ μου, διότι ὁ ἄφρων ἐκ περισσεύματος λαλεῖ, ὅτι καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου, ὡς συνάντημα τοῦ ἄφρονος καί γε ἐμοὶ συναντήσεταί μοι, καὶ ἱνατί ἐσοφισάμην ἐγώ; περισσὸν ἐλάλησα ἐν καρδίᾳ μου, ὅτι καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης, διότι ὁ ἄφρων ἐκ περισσεύματος λαλεῖ·

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mwen di nan kè mwen: Sa ki rive moun fou yo ap rive m' tou. Nan kondisyon sa a, sa m' te bezwen gen tout konprann sa yo? Kisa sa ap pwofite m'? Mwen di nan kè m': Sa a tou, sa pa vo anyen!

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

I iho la au iloko o ko'u naau, E like me ka mea i loaa i ka mea naaupo, pela no ka mea i loaa mai ia'u. A no ke aha la i oi kuu naauao? I iho la au iloko o ko'u naau, He mea lapuwale hoi keia.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽי אֲנִ֜י בְּלִבִּ֗י כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה הַכְּסִיל֙ גַּם־אֲנִ֣י יִקְרֵ֔נִי וְלָ֧מָּה חָכַ֛מְתִּי אֲנִ֖י אָ֣ז יֹותֵ֑ר וְדִבַּ֣רְתִּי בְלִבִּ֔י שֶׁגַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ואמרתי אני בלבי כמקרה הכסיל גם אני יקרני ולמה חכמתי אני אז יותר ודברתי בלבי שגם זה הבל׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Laonde ho detto nel cuor mio: Egli avverrà anche a me il medesimo avvenimento che allo stolto; che mi gioverà egli adunque allora d'essere stato più savio? perciò ho detto nel cuor mio che ciò ancora è vanità.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Ond’io ho detto in cuor mio: “La sorte che tocca allo stolto toccherà anche a me; perché dunque essere stato così savio?” E ho detto in cuor mio che anche questo è vanità.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

そこで私は心の中で言った。「愚かな者に起こることは、私にも起こる。それなら、なぜ私はこれほど知恵を求めたのか。」私は心の中で、これも空しいと言った。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

심중에 이르기를 우매자의 당한 것을 나도 당하리니 내가 심중에 이르기를 이것도 헛되도다

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga sifacna nunku, “Ma ac sikyak nu sin mwet lalfon uh ac sikyak pacna nu sik. Ouinge mwe mea ngan lalmwetmet?” Na nga sifacna topuk, “Wangi — nwanginna pwaye sripa.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et dixi in corde meo: Si unus et stulti et meus occasus erit, quid mihi prodest quod majorem sapientiæ dedi operam? Locutusque cum mente mea, animadverti quod hoc quoque esset vanitas.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

پس در دل خود تفکر کردم که چون آنچه به احمق واقع می‌شود، به من نیز واقع خواهد گردید، پس من چرا بسیار حکیم بشوم؟ و در دل خود گفتم: این نیز بطالت است،

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Então eu disse no meu coração: “O que acontece ao tolo, acontecerá também a mim; por que, então, fui eu mais sábio?” Então eu disse no meu coração que isso também é vaidade.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Por isso eu disse em meu coração: Assim como acontece ao tolo, também acontecerá a mim; por que então eu me tornei mais sábio? Então disse em meu coração que isto também era inútil.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Atunci am spus în inima mea: Așa cum se întâmplă prostului, la fel mi se întâmplă și mie; și de ce am fost atunci mai înțelept? Apoi am spus în inima mea că și aceasta este deșertăciune.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ши ам зис ын инима мя: „Дакэ ши еу вой авя ачеяшь соартэ ка небунул, атунч пентру че ам фост май ынцелепт?” Ши ам зис ын инима мя: „Ши ачаста есте о дешертэчуне.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сказал я в сердце моем: “и меня постигнет та же участь, как и глупого: к чему же я сделался очень мудрым?” И сказал я в сердце моем, что и это - суета;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Zato rekoh u srcu svom: Meni će biti kao bezumniku što biva; šta će mi dakle pomoći što sam mudar? I rekoh u srcu svom: i to je taština.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Зато рекох у срцу свом: Мени ће бити као безумнику што бива; шта ће ми дакле помоћи што сам мудар? И рекох у срцу свом: и то је таштина.

Mashi Bible ☆

Naderha obwo, nti oku omusirhe ayishibà kwo n’omurhimanya ayishibà, akabà ntyo, oburhimanya buligi bwa cici? Naderha obwo nti nakwo kunali kurhebwa.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Entonces dije yo en mi corazón: Como sucederá al necio me sucederá también á mí: ¿para qué pues he trabajado hasta ahora por hacerme más sabio? Y dije en mi corazón, que también esto era vanidad.

Spanish BLL ☆

Entonces pensé: “Si me va a pasar lo mismo que al necio, ¿de qué me sirve haber sido tan sabio?”. Y concluí que también esto es vanidad.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Entonces dije en mi corazón: «Como le sucede al necio, me sucederá también a mí; ¿para qué, pues, me he hecho yo más sabio?». Y dije en mi corazón que también esto era vanidad.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Entonces dije en mi corazón: En lo que se refiere al hombre necio, así vendrá a mí; así que ¿para qué he sido demasiado sabio? Entonces dije en mi corazón: Esto de nuevo no tiene ningún propósito.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Entonces me dije a mí mismo: Como el destino del necio, Así me acontecerá a mí. ¿Para qué, entonces fui muy sabio? Y me dije: También esto es vanidad.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻaku toki pehē ai ʻi hoku loto, “Hangē ko ia ʻoku hoko ki he vale, ko ia foki ʻoku hoko kiate au; pea ko e hā ia kuo u poto lahi hake ai?” Pea naʻaku toki pehē ʻi hoku loto, “Tā ko e vaʻinga foki eni.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І кажу сам собі; доля дурного, се й моя доля. Про що ж менї було добиватись мудростї? І мусїв сказати сам собі: І се марнота!

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І кажу сам собі; доля дурного, се й моя доля. Про що ж менї було добиватись мудростї? І мусїв сказати сам собі: І се марнота!

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Nên ta có nói trong lòng rằng: Sự xảy đến cho kẻ dại, sẽ xảy đến cho ta cũng vậy; vậy, ta có nhiều khôn ngoan như thế mà làm chi? Ta lại nói trong lòng rằng: Điều đó là một sự hư không nữa.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽי אֲנִ֜י בְּלִבִּ֗י כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה הַכְּסִיל֙ גַּם־אֲנִ֣י יִקְרֵ֔נִי וְלָ֧מָּה חָכַ֛מְתִּי אֲנִ֖י אָ֣ז יוֹתֵ֑ר וְדִבַּ֣רְתִּי בְלִבִּ֔י שֶׁגַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃