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English Bible Translations

Ecclesiastes 2:15 / KJV
15. 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 / ASV
15. 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.
Ecclesiastes 2:15 / BasicEnglish
15. 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.
Ecclesiastes 2:15 / Darby
15. 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.
Ecclesiastes 2:15 / Webster
15. 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 / Young
15. 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:

German Bible Translations

Prediger 2:15 / Luther
15. 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.
Prediger 2:15 / Schlachter
15. 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!

French Bible Translations

Ecclésiaste 2:15 / Segond21
15. et je me suis dit dans mon coeur: «J'aurai le même sort que l'homme stupide. A quoi m'a-t-il donc servi d'être plus sage que lui?» Et je me suis dit dans mon coeur: «C'est encore de la fumée.»
Ecclésiaste 2:15 / NEG1979
15. 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.
Ecclésiaste 2:15 / Segond
15. Et j'ai dit en mon coeur: J'aurai le même sort que l'insensé; pourquoi donc ai-je été plus sage? Et j'ai dit en mon coeur que c'est encore là une vanité.
Ecclésiaste 2:15 / Darby_Fr
15. Et j'ai dit en mon coeur: Le sort du fou m'atteint, moi aussi; et pourquoi alors ai-je été si sage? Et j'ai dit en mon coeur que cela aussi est vanité.
Ecclésiaste 2:15 / Martin
15. C'est pourquoi j'ai dit en mon cœur : Il m'arrivera comme au fou; de quoi donc me servira-t-il alors d'avoir été plus sage? C'est pourquoi j'ai dit en mon cœur, que cela aussi est une vanité.
Ecclésiaste 2:15 / Ostervald
15. 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.

Versions with Strong Codes

Ecclesiastes 2 / KJV_Strong
15. Then said[H559] I[H589] in my heart,[H3820] As it happeneth[H4745] to the fool,[H3684] so it happeneth[H7136] even[H1571] to me; and why[H4100] was I[H589] then[H227] more[H3148] wise?[H2449] Then I said[H1696] in my heart,[H3820] that this[H2088] also[H7945] [H1571] is vanity.[H1892]

Strong Code definitions

H559 'amar aw-mar' a primitive root; to say (used with greatlatitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.

H589 'aniy an-ee' contracted from H595; I:--I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, X which, X who.see H595

H3820 leb labe a form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything:--+ care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.see H3824

H4745 miqreh mik-reh' from H7136; something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune:--something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth).see H7136

H3684 kciyl kes-eel' from H3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly:--fool(-ish).see H3688

H7136 qarah kaw-raw' a primitive root; to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor):--appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.

H1571 gam gam properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and:--again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and , but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.

H4100 mah maw or mah {mah}; or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh}; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses:--how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

H589 'aniy an-ee' contracted from H595; I:--I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, X which, X who.see H595

H227 'az awz a demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore:--beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.

H3148 yowther yo-thare' active participle of H3498; properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction (as follows):--better, more(-over), over, profit.see H3498

H2449 chakam khaw-kam' a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act):--X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.

H1696 dabar daw-bar' a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue:--answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think,use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.

H3820 leb labe a form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything:--+ care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.see H3824

H2088 zeh zeh a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that:--he, X hence, X here, it(-self), X now, X of him, the one...the other, X than the other, (X out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, X thus, very, which. Compare 2063, 2090, 2097, 2098.see H2063 see H2090 see H2097 see H2098

H7945 shel shel for the rel. 834; used with prepositional prefix, and often followed by some pronominal affix; on account of, whatsoever, whichsoever:--cause, sake.see H834

H1571 gam gam properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and:--again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and , but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.

H1892 hebel heh'bel or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}; from H1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb:--X altogether, vain, vanity.see H1891

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