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Ecclesiastes 2:12

WEB

12I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

KJV

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.

BSB

12Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

FBV

12So I started to think about wisdom—and madness and foolishness. For what can anyone who comes after the king do that hasn't already been done?

Extra References

Ecclesiastes 1:17

17I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

25I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

Ecclesiastes 1:9-10

9That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun. 10Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, [+] this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.