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Douay-Rheims
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I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.
King James
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I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
Louis Second
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J'ai dit en mon coeur: Allons! je t'éprouverai par la joie, et tu goûteras le bonheur. Et voici, c'est encore là une vanité
Martin Luther
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Ich sprach in meinem Herzen: Wohlan, ich will wohlleben und gute Tage haben. Aber siehe, das war auch eitel.
Vulgate
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dixi ego in corde meo vadam et affluam deliciis et fruar bonis et vidi quod hoc quoque esset vanitas

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


ego : I, self.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
quod : (neut. sing. acc.) (the sea), WHICH you cannot drink dry.
quod : (+ comparative) the x the better (quod celior = the faster the.
quod : (beginning sentence) and, but, now.
quod : (neut. sing. nom.) (the war), WHICH killed so many.
quod : (with time) since, as far as, to the extent that.
quod : because, whereas, the point that, the fact that.
hoc : (neut. sing. acc.) Break THIS! (fetter).
hoc : (neut. sing. nom.) THIS (monastery) is well-built.
hoc : (neut. sing. abl.) Do not hesistate BECAUSE OF THIS! (doubt).
hoc : (masc. sing. abl.) He gave plenty FOR THIS (field).
quoque : also, too.