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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.

Ecclesiastes 2:12 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીસભાશિક્ષક ૨:૧૨
હવે મેં જ્ઞાન, પાગલપણું અને મૂર્ખતા જોવાને લક્ષ આપ્યું. કેમ કે રાજાની પાછળ આવનાર માણસ શું કરી શકે છે? અગાઉ જે કરવામાં આવ્યું હોય તે જ તે કરી શકે છે.
हिन्दीसभोपदेशक २:१२
फिर मैंने अपने मन को फेरा कि बुद्धि और बावलेपन और मूर्खता के कार्यों को देखूँ; क्योंकि जो मनुष्य राजा के पीछे आएगा, वह क्या करेगा? केवल वही जो होता चला आया है।

In context

10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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.

13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

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