Ecclesiastes 2:12
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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?)

i turned

Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,

Ecclesiastes 7:25 I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:

even that which hath already been done

Ecclesiastes 2:25 Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I?

Context
The Wise and the Foolish
12I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I that he can follow the King his maker?)13And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:9
What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.

Ecclesiastes 1:10
Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.

Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,

Ecclesiastes 3:15
That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.

Lexicon
Then I
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

turned
וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי (ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

to consider
לִרְא֣וֹת (lir·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

wisdom
חָכְמָ֔ה (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: Wisdom

and madness
וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת (wə·hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1947: Madness

and folly;
וְסִכְל֑וּת (wə·siḵ·lūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5531: Silliness

for
כִּ֣י ׀ (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

what [more]
מֶ֣ה (meh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

can the king’s
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

successor
שֶׁיָּבוֹא֙ (še·yā·ḇō·w)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

do
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

than what has already
כְּבָ֖ר (kə·ḇār)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3528: Extent of time, a great while, long ago, formerly, hitherto

been accomplished?
עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃ (‘ā·śū·hū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make


Additional Translations
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done.

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 done long ago.

Then I looked on to see wisdom, and madness, and folly: for who is the man who will follow after counsel, in all things where in he employs it?

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man [do] that cometh after the king? -- that which hath already been done.

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.

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.

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what is the man who cometh after the king? that which is already -- they have done it!
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