15 Then I said to myself,

“The fate of the fool will overtake me also.
    What then do I gain by being wise?”(A)
I said to myself,
    “This too is meaningless.”

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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 wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

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15 So I said in my heart,
“As it happens to the fool,
It also happens to me,
And why was I then more wise?”
Then I said in my heart,
“This also is vanity.”

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21 For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

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21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet he must leave his [a]heritage to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:21 Lit. portion

20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11

20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

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20 and again, (A)“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”

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