KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Ecclesiastes 2:15–16
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Ecclesiastes 2:15
15Then 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.
15†Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the foole, so it happeneth euen to me, and why was I then more wise? then I said in my heart, That this also is vanitie.
- Hebr. happeneth to me, euen to me.
Ecclesiastes 2:16
16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
16For there is no remembrance of the wise, more then of the foole for euer; seeing that which now is, in the dayes to come shall be forgotten; and how dieth the wise man? as the foole.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 2:15
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding; as a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.
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As far as, up to, or extending to the stated limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
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Having knowledge, discernment, sound judgment, prudence, or skill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Emptiness, worthlessness, transience, futile desire, or excessive self-regard.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 2:16
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
remembrance
The act or state of remembering; a memory, memorial, or reminder.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Having knowledge, discernment, sound judgment, prudence, or skill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding; as a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
At any time; always; continually; or forever, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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Open the full verse study14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Open the full verse study12Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
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Open the full verse study16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
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Open the full verse study2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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Open the full verse study16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
From verse 16
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Open the full verse study11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
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Open the full verse study5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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Open the full verse study8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
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Open the full verse study27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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Open the full verse study16¶ Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
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Open the full verse study12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Open the full verse study33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
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Open the full verse study14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
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Open the full verse study8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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Open the full verse study6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
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Open the full verse study16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
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Open the full verse study10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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