New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 2:12-16
12So I turnedH6437 to 1considerH7200 wisdomH2451, madnessH1947 and follyH5531; for whatH4100 will the manH120 do whoH7945 will comeH935 afterH310 the kingH4428 except 2whatH834 has alreadyH3528 been doneH6213?
13And I sawH7200 that 3wisdomH2451 excelsH3504 follyH5531 as lightH216 excelsH3504 darknessH2822.
14The wiseH2450 man’sH2450 eyesH5869 are in his headH7218, but the 4foolH3684 walksH1980 in darknessH2822. And yetH1571 I knowH3045 that 5oneH259 fateH4745 befallsH7136 them bothH3605.
15Then I saidH559 6to myselfH3820, “7As is the fateH4745 of the foolH3684, it will alsoH1571 befallH7136 me. 8WhyH4100 thenH227 have I beenH2449 extremelyH3148 wiseH2449?” So 9I saidH1696 to myselfH3820, “ThisH2088 tooH1571 is vanityH1892.”
16For thereH369 is 10noH369 11lastingH5769 remembranceH2146 of the wiseH2450 manH2450 as with the foolH3684, inasmuchH7945 as in the comingH935 daysH3117 allH3605 will be forgottenH7911. And 12howH349 the wiseH2450 manH2450 and the foolH3684 alikeH5973 dieH4191!
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Eccl 1:17 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Eccl 1:9, 10; 3:15 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 2:13 Eccl 7:11, 12, 19; 9:18; 10:10 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 2:14 1 John 2:11 ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 2:14 Ps 49:10; Eccl 3:19; 6:6; 7:2; 9:2, 3 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Lit in my heart ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Eccl 2:16 ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Eccl 6:8, 11 ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Lit I spoke in my heart ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Eccl 1:11; 9:5 ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Lit forever ↩
- 12. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Eccl 2:14 ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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