Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then I said in my heart, 2 “What happens to the fool, 2 will also happen to me. 1 So what difference does it make if I am very wise?” 2 I concluded in my heart, 2 “This too is only vapor.” 1

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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 uses his eyes in his head to see where he is going, 2 but the fool walks in darkness, 1 although I know the same event happens to all of them. 1

16For the wise man, like the fool, is not remembered for very long. 2 In the days to come everything will have been long forgotten. 1 The wise man dies just like the fool dies.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:12See, now I will do all you asked of me when you gave me your request. I give you a wise and an understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, and no one like you will rise up after you.

Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun, and look, they all amount to vapor and chasing the wind. 1

Ecclesiastes 1:18For in the abundance of wisdom there is much frustration, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 6:8Indeed, what advantage has the wise person over the fool? 2 What advantage does the poor man have 3 even if he knows how to act in front of other people? 1

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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