Ecclesiastes 2
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Ecclesiastes 2:12-16

12And I turnedH6437 myselfH589 to beholdH7200 wisdomH2451, and madnessH1947 and follyH5531; for whatH4100 canH4100 the manH120 doH6213 that cometh afterH310 the kingH4428? evenH3588 that whichH834 hath been alreadyH3528 doneH6213.

13Then I sawH7200 that wisdomH2451 excelleth follyH5531, as far as lightH216 excelleth darknessH2822.

14The wiseH2450 man’sH2450 eyesH5869 are in his headH7218, and the foolH3684 walketh in darknessH2822: and yet I perceivedH3045 that one event happeneth to them allH3605.

15Then saidH559 I in my heartH3820, As it happeneth to the foolH3684, soH1571 will it happen evenH1571 to meH589; and whyH4100 was I then moreH3148 wiseH2449? Then I saidH559 in my heartH3820, that this also was vanityH1892.

16For of the wiseH2450 manH2450, evenH3588 as of the foolH3684, there is noH369 remembranceH2146 for everH5769; seeingH3588 that in the daysH3117 to comeH935 allH3605 will have been alreadyH3528 forgottenH7911. And howH349 doth the wiseH2450 manH2450 dieH4191 evenH3588 as the foolH3684!

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain