Assamese: তেতিয়া মই মনতে ক’লোঁ, অজ্ঞানলৈ যেনে ঘটে মোলৈকো তেনে ঘটিব, তেনেহ’লে মই কি কাৰণে অধিক জ্ঞানী হ’লো? পাছে মই মনতে ক’লোঁ, ইও অসাৰ।
AYT: Lalu, aku berkata dalam hatiku, "Nasib orang bodoh juga akan menimpa aku. Mengapa selama ini aku begitu berhikmat?" Lalu, aku berkata dalam hatiku bahwa ini pun kesia-siaan.
Bengali: তখন আমি মনে মনে বললাম, “মূর্খের সঙ্গে যা ঘটেছে, তা আমার সঙ্গেও ঘটবে। তবে আমি কিসের জন্য বেশি জ্ঞানবান হলাম?” আমি আমার হৃদয়ে সিদ্ধান্তে আসলাম, “এটাও শুধুই অসার।”
Gujarati: ત્યારે મેં મારા મનમાં વિચાર્યું કે, જેમ મૂર્ખને થાય છે તેવું મને પણ થવાનું જ છે. તો મને તેના કરતાં વધારે બુદ્ધિમાન હોવામાં શો લાભ?" ત્યારે મેં મારા મનમાં કહ્યું કે, "એ પણ વ્યર્થતા છે."
Hindi: तब मैंने मन में कहा, “जैसी मूर्ख की दशा होगी, वैसी ही मेरी भी होगी; फिर मैं क्यों अधिक बुद्धिमान हुआ?” और मैंने मन में कहा, यह भी व्यर्थ ही है।
Kannada: ಆಗ ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ, <<ಮೂಢನಿಗೆ ಸಂಭವಿಸುವ ಗತಿಯು, ನನಗೂ ಸಂಭವಿಸುವುದು. ನನ್ನ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಜ್ಞಾನದಿಂದ ಲಾಭವೇನು?>> ಇದೂ ವ್ಯರ್ಥವೆಂದು ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂದುಕೊಂಡೆನು.
Marathi: मग मी आपल्या मनात म्हणालो, मूर्खाविषयी जे काय घडते, ते माझ्याही बाबतीत घडेल, मग जर मी फार ज्ञानी झालो तरी त्याच्यात काय फरक पडेल? मी आपल्या मनात अनुमान काढले, हे सुद्धा व्यर्थच आहे.
Odiya: ତହିଁରେ ମୁଁ ଆପଣା ମନେ ମନେ କହିଲି, “ମୂର୍ଖ ପ୍ରତି ଯେରୂପ ଘଟେ, ମୋ' ପ୍ରତି ହିଁ ସେରୂପ ଘଟିବ; ତେବେ ମୁଁ କାହିଁକି ଅଧିକ ଜ୍ଞାନବାନ ହେଲି ?” ତହୁଁ ମୁଁ ମନେ ମନେ କହିଲି, “ଏହା ହିଁ ଅସାର ।”
Punjabi: ਤਦ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਮਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਖਿਆ, ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਮੂਰਖ ਉੱਤੇ ਬੀਤਦੀ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਹੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਵੀ ਬੀਤੇਗੀ, ਤਾਂ ਫੇਰ ਮੈਂ ਵੱਧ ਬੁੱਧਵਾਨ ਕਿਉਂ ਬਣਿਆ ? ਸੋ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਮਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਖਿਆ ਕਿ ਇਹ ਵੀ ਵਿਅਰਥ ਹੀ ਹੈ ।
Tamil: மூடனுக்கு நடக்கிறதுபோல எனக்கும் நடக்கிறதே; அப்படியிருக்க நான் அதிக ஞானமடைந்ததினால் பயனென்ன என்று சிந்தித்தேன்; இதுவும் மாயை என்று என்னுடைய உள்ளத்தில் நினைத்தேன்.
Telugu: కాబట్టి బుద్ధిహీనుడికి జరిగేదే నాకూ జరుగుతుంది, మరి నేను ఇంత జ్ఞానం ఎందుకు సంపాదించాను అని నా హృదయంలో అనుకున్నాను. కాబట్టి ఇదీ నిష్ప్రయోజనమే.
NETBible: So I thought to myself, “The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?” So I lamented to myself, “The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!”
NASB: Then I said to myself, "As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?" So I said to myself, "This too is vanity."
HCSB: So I said to myself, "What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise?" And I said to myself that this is also futile.
LEB: I thought to myself, "If the destiny that waits for the fool waits for me as well, then what is the advantage in being wise?" So I thought that even this is pointless.
NIV: Then I thought in my heart, "The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?" I said in my heart, "This too is meaningless."
ESV: Then I said in my heart, "What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?" And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
NRSV: Then I said to myself, "What happens to the fool will happen to me also; why then have I been so very wise?" And I said to myself that this also is vanity.
REB: So I thought, “I too shall suffer the fate of the fool. To what purpose have I been wise? Where is the profit? Even this”, I said to myself, “is futile.
NKJV: So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, It also happens to me, And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."
KJV: 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.
NLT: Both of them die. Just as the fool will die, so will I. So of what value is all my wisdom? Then I said to myself, "This is all so meaningless!"
GNB: I thought to myself, “What happens to fools is going to happen to me, too. So what have I gained from being so wise?” “Nothing,” I answered, “not a thing.”
ERV: I thought to myself, “The same thing that happens to a fool will also happen to me. So why have I tried so hard to become wise?” I said to myself, “Being wise is also meaningless.”
BBE: Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.
MSG: When I realized that my fate's the same as the fool's, I had to ask myself, "So why bother being wise?" It's all smoke, nothing but smoke.
CEV: Finally, I said to myself, "Being wise got me nowhere! The same thing will happen to me that happens to fools. Nothing makes sense.
CEVUK: Finally, I said to myself, “Being wise got me nowhere! The same thing will happen to me that happens to fools. Nothing makes sense.
GWV: I thought to myself, "If the destiny that waits for the fool waits for me as well, then what is the advantage in being wise?" So I thought that even this is pointless.
NET [draft] ITL: So I thought <03820> to myself <0589>, “The fate <04745> of the fool <03684> will happen <07136> even <01571> to me! Then what <04100> did I <0589> gain by becoming so <02449> excessively <03148> wise <02449>?” So I <0589> lamented <01696> to myself <03820>, “The benefits of wisdom <02088> are ultimately <01571> meaningless <01892>!”