Assamese: সেই জন জ্ঞানী হব, বা অজ্ঞানী হব, তাক কোনে জানে? তথাপি, মই সুৰ্য্যৰ তলত যিহত পৰিশ্ৰম কৰি জ্ঞান দেখুৱালো, সেইবোৰ পৰিশ্ৰমৰ ফলৰ গৰাকী সেইজনেই হব, ইও অসাৰ।
AYT: Siapa yang tahu apakah dia akan menjadi orang berhikmat atau orang bodoh? Namun, dia akan berkuasa atas segala kerja keras yang telah kuusahakan dengan hikmat di bawah matahari. Ini pun kesia-siaan.
Bengali: এবং কে জানে সে জ্ঞানী মানুষ হবে না বোকা হবে? তবুও সে সমস্ত কিছুর উপরে মালিক হবে যা কিছু সূর্যের নিচে আছে যা আমার কাজ এবং জ্ঞান গড়া হবে। এটাও হল বাষ্প।
Gujarati: વળી તે માણસ જ્ઞાની થશે કે મૂર્ખ તે કોણ જાણે છે? છતાં જેના માટે મેં પરિશ્રમ કર્યો અને પૃથ્વી પર જેના માટે મારા ડહાપણનો ઉપયોગ કર્યો તે સર્વ પર તે અધિકાર ભોગવશે. આ પણ વ્યર્થતા છે.
Hindi: यह कौन जानता है कि वह मनुष्य बुद्धिमान होगा वा मूर्ख? तौभी धरती पर जितना परिश्रम मैंने किया, और उसके लिये बुद्धि प्रयोग की उस सब का वही अधिकारी होगा। यह भी व्यर्थ ही है।
Kannada: ಅವನು ಜ್ಞಾನಿಯೋ ಅಥವಾ ಮೂಢನೋ ಯಾರಿಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತು? ಎಂಥವನಾದರೂ ನಾನು ಲೋಕದೊಳಗೆ ಯಾವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನೂ, ಪ್ರಯಾಸವನ್ನೂ ವೆಚ್ಚಮಾಡಿದ್ದೇನೋ ಅದರ ಮೇಲೆ ದೊರೆತನಮಾಡುವೆನು. ಇದೂ ವ್ಯರ್ಥವೇ.
Marathi: आणि तो माणूस शहाणा आहे की मूर्ख असेल कोणाला माहित? परंतु माझे सर्व श्रम, जे मी भूतलावर केले आहेत आणि ज्यात मी आपणास ज्ञान दाखवले आहे, त्यावर तो अधिकार चालवील. हेही व्यर्थ आहे.
Odiya: ଆଉ, ସେ ଜ୍ଞାନୀ କି ମୂର୍ଖ ହେବ, କିଏ ଜାଣେ ? ତଥାପି ମୁଁ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ତଳେ ଯେଉଁ ଯେଉଁ ପରିଶ୍ରମରେ ପରିଶ୍ରାନ୍ତ ହୋଇ ଜ୍ଞାନ ପ୍ରକାଶ କଲି, ସେ ମୋହର ସେହି ସକଳ ପରିଶ୍ରମର ଫଳାଧିକାରୀ ହେବ; ଏହା ହିଁ ଅସାର ।
Punjabi: ਕੌਣ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਬੁੱਧਵਾਨ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ ਜਾਂ ਮੂਰਖ ? ਫੇਰ ਵੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਸਾਰੀ ਮਿਹਨਤ ਦੇ ਕੰਮ ਦਾ ਜੋ ਮੈਂ ਕੀਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਜਿਸ ਦੇ ਲਈ ਮੈਂ ਸੂਰਜ ਦੇ ਹੇਠ ਆਪਣੀ ਬੁੱਧ ਖਰਚ ਕੀਤੀ, ਉਹੋ ਮਾਲਕ ਬਣੇਗਾ ! ਇਹ ਵੀ ਵਿਅਰਥ ਹੀ ਹੈ ।
Tamil: அவன் புத்திமானாக இருப்பானோ, மூடனாக இருப்பானோ, அதை யார் அறிவார்? ஆகிலும் சூரியனுக்குக்கீழே நான் உழைத்து ஞானமாகச் சம்பாதித்த எல்லா பொருட்களின்பேரிலும் அவன் அதிகாரியாவான்; இதுவும் மாயையே.
Telugu: వాడు తెలివైనవాడో, బుద్ధిహీనుడో ఎవరికి తెలుసు? అయితే సూర్యుని కింద నేను బాధతో, జ్ఞానంతో సంపాదించినదంతా వాడి అధికారం కిందకు వెళ్తుంది. ఇదీ నిష్ప్రయోజనమే.
NETBible: Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile!
NASB: And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.
HCSB: And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
LEB: Who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? He will still have control over everything under the sun for which I worked so hard and used my wisdom. Even this is pointless.
NIV: And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the work into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
ESV: and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
NRSV: —and who knows whether they will be wise or foolish? Yet they will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
REB: Who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will have in his control all the fruits of my labour and skill here under the sun. This too is futility.
NKJV: And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
KJV: 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.
NLT: And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? And yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work. How meaningless!
GNB: and he might be wise, or he might be foolish -- who knows? Yet he will own everything I have worked for, everything my wisdom has earned for me in this world. It is all useless.
ERV: And I don’t know if they will be wise or foolish. But they will control everything I earned by all my hard work and wisdom. This doesn’t make any sense.
BBE: And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
MSG: Whether they're worthy or worthless--and who's to tell?--they'll take over the earthly results of my intense thinking and hard work. Smoke.
CEV: Who knows if those people will be sensible or stupid? Either way, they will own everything I have earned by hard work and wisdom. It doesn't make sense.
CEVUK: Who knows if those people will be sensible or stupid? Either way, they will own everything I have earned by hard work and wisdom. It doesn't make sense.
GWV: Who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? He will still have control over everything under the sun for which I worked so hard and used my wisdom. Even this is pointless.
NET [draft] ITL: Who <04310> knows <03045> if he will be a wise man <02450> or <0176> a fool <05530>? Yet he will be master over <07980> all <03605> the fruit of my labor <05999> for which I worked <05998> so wisely <02449> on <08478> earth <08121>! This <02088> also <01571> is futile <01892>!
