Ecclesiastes 2:19 Hebrew Word Analysis

0וּמִ֣יh4310
1And who knowethיוֹדֵ֗עַh3045
2whether he shall be a wiseהֶֽחָכָ֤םh2450
3יִהְיֶה֙h1961
4א֣וֹh176
5man or a foolסָכָ֔לh5530
6yet shall he have ruleוְיִשְׁלַט֙h7980
7בְּכָלh3605
8over all my labourעֲמָלִ֔יh5999
9wherein I have labouredשֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּיh5998
10and wherein I have shewed myself wiseוְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּיh2449
11תַּ֣חַתh8478
12under the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁh8121
13גַּםh1571
14זֶ֖הh2088
15This is also vanityהָֽבֶל׃h1892

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also `is' vanity.