Ecclesiastes 2:12
6437 [e]   12
ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯî   12
וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי   12
And turned   12
Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑ConjPerf‑1cs   12
589 [e]
’ă·nî
אֲנִי֙
I
Pro‑1cs
7200 [e]
lir·’ō·wṯ
לִרְא֣וֹת
to consider
Prep‑l | V‑Qal‑Inf
  
 

 
 
 2451 [e]
ḥāḵ·māh
חָכְמָ֔ה
wisdom
N‑fs
  
 

 
 
 1947 [e]
wə·hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ
וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת
and madness
Conj‑w | N‑fp
  
 

 
 
 5531 [e]
wə·siḵ·lūṯ;
וְסִכְל֑וּת
and folly
Conj‑w | N‑fs
3588 [e]

כִּ֣י ׀
for
Conj
4100 [e]
meh
מֶ֣ה
what [can do]
Interrog
120 [e]
hā·’ā·ḏām,
הָאָדָ֗ם
the man
Art | N‑ms
935 [e]
še·yā·ḇō·w
שֶׁיָּבוֹא֙
who succeeds
Pro‑r | V‑Qal‑Imperf‑3ms
310 [e]
’a·ḥă·rê
אַחֲרֵ֣י
after
Prep
  
 
؟
 
 
 4428 [e]
ham·me·leḵ,
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
the king
Art | N‑ms
853 [e]
’êṯ
אֵ֥ת
 - 
DirObjM
834 [e]
’ă·šer-
אֲשֶׁר־
[Only] what
Pro‑r
3528 [e]
kə·ḇār
כְּבָ֖ר
already
Adv
  
 
.
 
 
 6213 [e]
‘ā·śū·hū.
עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃
he has done
V‑Qal‑Perf‑3cp | 3ms


















Parallel Strong's
Holman Christian Standard Bible
ThenIturnedtoconsiderwisdom,madness,andfolly,forwhatwill themanbe like whocomesaftertheking? Hewill do whathas alreadybeen done.

New American Standard Bible
So I turnedto considerwisdom,madnessand folly;for what[will] the man[do] whowill comeafterthe king[except] whathas alreadybeen done?

King James Bible
And I turnedmyself to beholdwisdom,and madness,and folly:for what [can] the man[do] that comethafterthe king?[even] that which hath been alreadydone.
Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Next I turned to examine wisdom, insanity, and foolishness, because what can a person do who succeeds the king except what has already been accomplished?

American Standard Version
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been done long ago.

Young's Literal Translation
And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what is the man who cometh after the king? that which is already -- they have done it!
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