Ecclesiastes 2:12

I passide to biholde wisdom, errours, and foli; Y seide, What is a man, that he may sue the king, his maker?

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James 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 already done.

In Context

11And whanne Y hadde turned me to alle werkis whiche myn hondys hadden maad, and to the trauels in whiche Y hadde swet in veyn, Y siy in alle thingis vanyte and turment of the soule, and that no thing vndir sunne dwellith stabli.

13And Y siy, that wisdom yede so mych bifor foli, as miche as liyt is dyuerse fro derknessis.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:17And Y yaf myn herte, that Y schulde knowe prudence and doctryn, and errours and foli. And Y knew that in these thingis also was trauel and turment of spirit;

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