Ecc Ecclesiastes, chapter Ecclesiastes, chapter 2
So 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?
Ecclesiaste 2:12 in diverse traduzioni
Inglese
KJV (66 books)
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.
ASV
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 done long ago.
BSB
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
DRA
I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I, that he can follow the King his maker?)
GNV
And I turned to beholde wisedome, and madnes and follie: (for who is the man that will come after the King in things, which men nowe haue done?)
LSV
And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what [is] the man who comes after the king? That which [is] already—they have done it!
NASB
So I turned to consider wisdom, insanity, and foolishness; for what will the man do who will come after the king, except what has already been done? NASB 2020
NIV (US)
Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?
NMV
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that comes after the king? [even] that which has been already done.
OJB
And I turned myself to consider chochmah, and holelot, and sichlut; for what can the adam do who cometh after HaMelech? Even that which hath been done already.
T4T
Then I started to think about being wise, and also about being foolish [DOU]. I said to myself, “I certainly do not think that [RHQ] the next king will be able to do anything better than I can.”
WEB (US)
I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
Italiano
Diodati
Laonde mi son rivolto a vedere la sapienza, e le follie, e la stoltizia; perciocchè, che cosa sono gli altri uomini, per poter seguitare il re? essi fanno ciò che hanno già fatto.