Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then I said in my heart, “As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth to me. Why, then, became I wiser than others?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is vanity.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness; yet I perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

16For there is no remembrance of the wise man more than of the fool for ever; for in the days to come shall all have long been forgotten; and, alas! the wise man dieth, as well as the fool.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:14I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:18For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage hath the wise man over the fool? What advantage hath the poor, who knoweth how to walk before the living?

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:13-17

Superiority of Wisdom to Folly. 12 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. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more… Read the whole commentary →

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