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Douay-Rheims
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Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there anything so vain?
King James
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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.
Louis Second
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Et qui sait s'il sera sage ou insensé? Cependant il sera maître de tout mon travail, de tout le fruit de ma sagesse sous le soleil. C'est encore là une vanité
Martin Luther
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Denn wer weiß, ob er weise oder toll sein wird? Und soll doch herrschen in aller meiner Arbeit, die ich weislich getan habe unter der Sonne. Das ist auch eitel.
Vulgate
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quem ignoro utrum sapiens an stultus futurus sit et dominabitur in laboribus meis quibus desudavi et sollicitus fui et est quicquam tam vanum

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


quem : (masc. sing. acc.) (the man), WHOM the king struck.
ignoro : to be ignorant of, not know /rarely: neglect, overlook.
ignoro : to be ignorant, disregard, not be recognized.
utrum : whether.
sapiens : wise, judicious.
sapiens : (subs.) a wise man, philosopher.
an : (adv.) or "Are you going OR are you staying?".
stultus : foolish /a fool.
futurus : -a, -um, absurd.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
quibus : (neut. pl. abl.) the arms WITH WHICH he won Rome.
quibus : (neut. pl. dat.) the crimes FOR WHICH he was executed.
quibus : (masc. pl. dat.) the monastery IN WHICH he was intered.
quibus : (masc. pl. abl.) his sons, BY WHOM he was attacked when old.
quibus : (fem. pl. abl.) the beards, BY WHICH the pirates were known.
quibus : (fem. pl. dat.) the good fortune, TO WHICH he owed his crown.
sollicitus : uneasy, worried, anxious, restless, agitated.
sollicitus : troubled, anxious, concerned, worried.
tam : to such a degree, so, so far.
tam : adv, so, to such a degree.