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Douay-Rheims
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I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I that he can follow the King his maker?)
King James
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
Louis Second
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Alors j'ai tourné mes regards vers la sagesse, et vers la sottise et la folie. -Car que fera l'homme qui succédera au roi? Ce qu'on a déjà fait
Martin Luther
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Da wandte ich mich, zu sehen die Weisheit und Klugheit und Torheit. Denn wer weiß, was der für ein Mensch werden wird nach dem Könige, den sie schon bereit gemacht haben?
Vulgate
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transivi ad contemplandam sapientiam erroresque et stultitiam quid est inquam homo ut sequi possit regem factorem suum

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


quid : (question) what (thing)?.
quid : (+ genitive) how much? how many?.
inquam : I say.
ut : (+ subj.) (result) so that, that.
ut : (+ subj.) (purpose) in order that, to, that.
ut : (+ indic.) when, as.
ut : (+ subj.) (command) to, that.