Ecclesiastes 2:19

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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 shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Asang Khongca Bible

Anih loe palungha maw, to tih ai boeh loe amthu maw, tiah mi mah maw panoek tih? Tha pathok moe, tok ka sakhaih boih, ni tlim ah palunghahaih kam tuengsak ih hmuennawk boih loe anih mah ni la tih. To pongah hae hmuen doeh azom pui ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Ulong a ming huek? Lunghmang khaw hlangcueih om nim? Tedae ka thakthaenah boeih te a taemrhai hae ni. Te nen te ka thakthae tih te nen te ka cueih dae khomik hmuiah tah te khaw a honghi mai ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Ulong a ming huek? Lunghmang khaw hlangcueih om nim? Tedae ka thakthaenah boeih te a taemrhai hae ni. Te nen te ka thakthae tih te nen te ka cueih dae khomik hmuiah tah te khaw a honghi mai ni.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

A owai la ka mea i ike, he mea naauao paha oia, he mea naaupo paha? aka, oia no ia maluna o na mea a pau a'u i hana naauao ai malalo iho o ka lani. He mea lapuwale keia.

English Berean Standard Bible

And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Se ka yon moun lespri, se ka yon moun sòt. Pesonn pa konnen. Men, se pou li m'ap kite tou sa mwen te travay di fè ak lespri mwen. Sa a ankò, sa pa vo anyen.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

quem ignoro utrum sapiens an stultus futurus sit, et dominabitur in laboribus meis, quibus desudavi et sollicitus fui: et est quidquam tam vanum?

Bible in Basic English

And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et qui sait s’il sera un sage ou un sot ? Et il sera maître de tout mon travail auquel j’ai travaillé et dans lequel j’ai été sage sous le soleil. Cela aussi est vanité.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A kdo ví, bude-li moudrý, či blázen? A však panovati bude nade vší prací mou, kterouž jsem vedl, a v níž jsem moudrý byl pod sluncem. A i to marnost.

Kosraean Bible

na el ac ku in lalmwetmet, ku el ac ku in lalfon, su etu? Tusruktu el pa ac la ma nukewa ma nga kemkatu kac — ma nukewa ma lalmwetmet luk uh ase nu sik fin faclu. Ma inge nukewa ma lusrongten.

World Portuguese Bible

E quem sabe se ele será sábio ou tolo? Contudo, ele terá domínio sobre todo o trabalho que realizei com esforço e no qual me mostrei sábio debaixo do sol. Isso também é vaidade.

Romanian BTF Bible

Și cine știe dacă el va fi înțelept, sau prost? Totuși va avea stăpânire peste toată munca mea în care am muncit și în care m-am arătat înțelept sub soare. Și aceasta este deșertăciune.

Brenton English Septuagint

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုသူသည် ပညာရှိမည်လော၊ မိုက်မည်လောဟု အဘယ်သူ ပြောနိုင်သနည်း။ ထိုသူသည် ငါကြိုးစား အားထုတ်သမျှ၊ နေအောက်မှာငါ့ပညာကို ထင်ရှားပြလေ သမျှသော အမှုတို့ကို အစိုးရလိမ့်မည်၊ ထိုအမှုအရာသည် လည်း အနတ္တဖြစ်၏။

Darby Translation

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und wer weiß, ob er weise oder töricht sein wird? Und doch wird er schalten über alle meine Mühe, womit ich mich abgemüht habe, und worin ich weise gewesen bin unter der Sonne. Auch das ist Eitelkeit.

Dutch Bible 1917

Want wie weet, of hij wijs zal zijn, of dwaas? Evenwel zal hij heersen over al mijn arbeid, dien ik bearbeid heb en dien ik wijselijk beleid heb onder de zon. Dat is ook ijdelheid.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wie weet, of het een wijze zal zijn of een dwaas! Toch zal hij heer en meester zijn van alles, Wat ik met moeite en wijsheid tot stand bracht onder de zon. Ook dat is ijdelheid.

Italian Diodati Bible

E chi sa s'egli sarà savio, o stolto? e pure egli sarà signore d'ogni mia fatica, intorno alla quale mi sarò affaticato, ed avrò adoperata la mia sapienza sotto il sole. Anche questo è vanità.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?

Geneva Bible 1599

And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.

Noyes Bible

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet shall he be lord of all the labor with which I have wearied myself, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Danish Bible 1931

Hvo ved, om det bliver en Vismand eller en Tåbe? Og dog skal han råde over alt, hvad jeg med Flid og Visdom vandt under Solen. Også det er Tomhed.

Leeser Tanakh

And who knoweth, whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have full sway over all my toil wherein I have toiled, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. Also this is vanity.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vả, ai biết rằng người ấy sẽ khôn ngoan hay là ngu dại? Dầu thế nào, hắn sẽ cai quản mọi việc ta đã lấy sự lao khổ và khôn ngoan mà làm ở dưới mặt trời. Điều đó cũng là hư không.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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

Revised West Version

Pea ko hai ʻoku ne ʻilo pe ko ha poto ia pe ko ha vale? Ka ʻe pule ʻe ia ki he ngāue kotoa pē kuo u ngāue ai mo fakahā ʻaki ʻa ʻeku poto ʻi he lalo laʻā. Ko e vaʻinga foki eni.

French Ostervald Bible

Et qui sait s'il sera sage ou insensé? Cependant, il sera maître de tout le travail auquel je me suis livré, et de ce que j'ai fait avec sagesse sous le soleil. Cela aussi est une vanité.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj kiu scias, ĉu estos saĝa aŭ malsaĝa tiu, kiu ekposedos mian tutan laboron, pri kiu mi penis kaj streĉis mian saĝon sub la suno? Ankaŭ ĉi tio estas vantaĵo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Et qui sait s’il sera sage ou insensé? Cependant il sera maître de tout mon travail, de tout le fruit de ma sagesse sous le soleil. C’est encore là une vanité.

German Luther Bible 1912

Denn wer weiß, ob er weise oder toll sein wird? und soll doch herrschen in aller meiner Arbeit, die ich weislich getan habe unter der Sonne. Das ist auch eitel.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labor in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.

British English Septuagint 2012

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.

Majority Standard BIble

And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Webster Bible

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Revised Version

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 wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E chi sa s’egli sarà savio o stolto? Eppure sarà padrone di tutto il lavoro che io ho compiuto con fatica e con saviezza sotto il sole. Anche questo è vanità.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Qui sait s'il sera sage ou insensé ? Pourtant, il sera maître de tout le fruit du travail auquel je me suis consacré avec sagesse sous le soleil. Cela aussi est vanité.

Reina Valera 1909

¿Y quién sabe si será sabio, ó necio, el que se enseñoreará de todo mi trabajo en que yo me afané, y en que ocupé debajo del sol mi sabiduría? Esto también es vanidad.

Spanish BLL

¿Y quién sabe si será sabio o tonto? Lo cierto es que se hará dueño de todo lo que yo logré con tanto esfuerzo y sabiduría bajo el sol. ¡Esto también es vanidad!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

¿Y quién sabe si será sabio o necio? No obstante, se hará dueño de todo mi trabajo en que yo me afané y en el que ocupé mi sabiduría bajo el sol. Esto también es vanidad.

Croatian Bible

Tko zna hoće li on biti mudar ili lud? Pa ipak on će biti gospodar sve moje muke u koju uložih sav svoj napor i mudrost pod suncem. I to je ispraznost.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I ko zna hoće li biti mudar ili lud? I opet će biti gospodar od svega truda mog oko kog se trudih i mudrovah pod suncem. I to je taština.

German Textbibel

Und wer weiß, ob der ein Weiser oder ein Thor sein wird? Und dennoch soll er Gewalt bekommen über all' mein Mühen, womit ich mich abgemüht und weislich gehandelt hatte unter der Sonne - auch das ist eitel!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? And whether he will have power over all my labor In which I labored, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? This is also vanity.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וּמִ֣י יוֹדֵ֗עַ הֶֽחָכָ֤ם יִהְיֶה֙ א֣וֹ סָכָ֔ל וְיִשְׁלַט֙ בְּכָל־עֲמָלִ֔י שֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּי וְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ גַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃