Ecclesiastes 2
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 2:13-15

13And I sawH7200 that 1wisdomH2451 excelsH3504 follyH5531 as lightH216 excelsH3504 darknessH2822.

14The wiseH2450 man’sH2450 eyesH5869 are in his headH7218, but the 2foolH3684 walksH1980 in darknessH2822. And yetH1571 I knowH3045 that 3oneH259 fateH4745 befallsH7136 them bothH3605.

15Then I saidH559 4to myselfH3820, “5As is the fateH4745 of the foolH3684, it will alsoH1571 befallH7136 me. 6WhyH4100 thenH227 have I beenH2449 extremelyH3148 wiseH2449?” So 7I saidH1696 to myselfH3820, “ThisH2088 tooH1571 is vanityH1892.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 2:13 Eccl 7:11, 12, 19; 9:18; 10:10 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 2:14 1 John 2:11 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 2:14 Ps 49:10; Eccl 3:19; 6:6; 7:2; 9:2, 3 ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Lit in my heart ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Eccl 2:16 ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Eccl 6:8, 11 ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Lit I spoke in my heart ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 2

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