Parallel ECC 2:15

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BSB 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.

OEB both alike. So I said to myself, The fate of the fool shall be my fate also; and what, in that case, am I the better for my pre-eminent wisdom? So I

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So I thought to myself, “The fate of the fool will happen even to me!
 ⇔ Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?”
 ⇔ So I lamented to myself,
 ⇔ “The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!”

LSV and I said in my heart, “As it happens with the fool, it happens also with me, and why am I then more wise?” And I spoke in my heart, that also this [is] vanity:

FBV Then I thought to myself, “If I'm going to end up the same as a fool, what's the point of being so wise?” So I thought to myself, “This is also hard to understand!”

T4T So I said to myself,
 ⇔ “I am very wise, but I will die at the end of my life, like foolish people do.
 ⇔ So ◄how has it benefited me to be very wise?/it certainly has not benefited me to be very wise [RHQ]►.
 ⇔ I do not understand why people consider that it is valuable to be wise.

LEB So I said to myself,[fn] “If I also suffer the same fate as the fool,[fn]what advantage is my great wisdom?”[fn] So I saidto myself,[fn] “This alsois vanity!”

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BBE 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.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS 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.

ASV 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.

DRA 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.

YLT 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:

Drby 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.

RV 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.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]

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KJB-1611 [fn]Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the foole, so it happeneth euen to me, and why was I then more wise? then I said in my heart, That this also is vanitie.
   (Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the foole, so it happeneth even to me, and why was I then more wise? then I said in my heart, That this also is vanitie.)

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Bshps Then thought I in my mynde, yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdome? So I confessed within my heart that this also was but vanitie.
   (Then thought I in my mind, if it happen unto the foole as it doth unto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdome? So I confessed within my heart that this also was but vanitie.)

Gnva 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.
   (Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth unto me, as it befalleth to ye/you_all foole. Why therefore do I then labour to be more wise? And I said in mine heart, that this also is vanitie. )

Cvdl Then thought I in my mynde: Yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what nedeth me then to laboure eny more for wy?dome? So I confessed within my harte, that this also was but vanite.
   (Then thought I in my mind: If it happen unto the foole as it doth unto me, what nedeth me then to laboure any more for wy?dome? So I confessed within my harte, that this also was but vanite.)

Wyc And Y seide in myn herte, If o deth schal be bothe of the fool and of me, what profitith it to me, that Y yaf more bisynesse to wisdom? And Y spak with my soule, and perseyuede, that this also was vanyte.
   (And I said in mine heart, If o death shall be both of the fool and of me, what profitith it to me, that I gave more bisynesse to wisdom? And I spake with my soul, and perseyuede, that this also was vanyte.)

Luth Da dachte ich in meinem Herzen: Weil es denn dem Narren gehet wie mir, warum habe ich denn nach Weisheit gestanden? Da dachte ich in meinem Herzen, daß solches auch eitel sei.
   (So dachte I in my hearts: Weil it because to_him Narren gehet like mir, warum have I because after Weisheit gestanden? So dachte I in my hearts, that such also eitel sei.)

ClVg 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.
   (And dixi in corde meo: When/But_if unus and stulti and mine occasus erit, quid to_me prodest that mayorem sapientiæ dedi operam? Locutusque when/with mente mea, animadverti that this too was vanitas. )

BrTr 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.

BrLXX 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·
   (Kai eipa egō en kardia mou, hōs sunantaʸma tou afronos kai ge emoi sunantaʸsetai moi, kai hinati esofisamaʸn egō; perisson elalaʸsa en kardia mou, hoti kai ge touto mataiotaʸs, dioti ho afrōn ek perisseumatos lalei; )