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Ecclesiastes 2:19

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish?+ Yet he will take control over all the things I spent great effort and wisdom to acquire under the sun. This too is futility.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 19 And who is there knowing whether he will prove to be wise or foolish?+ Yet he will take control over all my hard work at which I worked hard and at which I showed wisdom under the sun.+ This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

The Bible in Living English
- 19 and who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? but he will control everything I have taken so much trouble about and been so wise about under the sun—this is nonsense too;

Ecclesiastes 2:19

American Standard Version
- 19 And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

The Emphasized Bible
- 19 and who could know whether a wise man he would be or a foolish, and yet he would lord it over all my toil wherein I had toiled and wherein I had acted wisely under the sun,—even this was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

King James Version
- 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.