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Douay-Rheims
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And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.
King James
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Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Louis Second
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Et j'ai dit en mon coeur: J'aurai le même sort que l'insensé; pourquoi donc ai-je été plus sage? Et j'ai dit en mon coeur que c'est encore là une vanité
Martin Luther
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Da dachte ich in meinem Herzen: Weil es denn dem Narren gehet wie mir, warum habe ich denn nach Weisheit gestanden? Da dachte ich in meinem Herzen, daß solches auch eitel sei.
Vulgate
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et dixi in corde meo si unus et stulti et meus occasus erit quid mihi prodest quod maiorem sapientiae dedi operam locutusque cum mente mea animadverti quod hoc quoque esset

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
si : if.
unus : one, only one, at the same time/ single, alone /unparalleled.
meus : my.
occasus : setting (of the sun, etc)/ the west /fall, destruction.
occasus : sunset, west.
quid : (question) what (thing)?.
quid : (+ genitive) how much? how many?.
mihi : (dat.) me /give ME land, lots of land.
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.
cum : (with indicative) when.
cum : (prep + abl.) with.
cum : (with subjunctive) when, as, while, since, although.
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.