Ecclesiastes 2:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Young's Literal Translation
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King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
And who
וּמִ֣י (ū·mî)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

knows
יוֹדֵ֗עַ (yō·w·ḏê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

whether he will be
יִהְיֶה֙ (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a wise
הֶֽחָכָ֤ם (he·ḥā·ḵām)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2450: Wise

man or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

a fool?
סָכָ֔ל (sā·ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5530: A fool

Yet he will take
וְיִשְׁלַט֙ (wə·yiš·laṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7980: To dominate, govern, to permit

over all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the labor
עֲמָלִ֔י (‘ă·mā·lî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

at which I have worked
שֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּי (še·‘ā·mal·tî)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5998: To toil, work severely and with irksomeness

skillfully
וְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּי (wə·še·ḥā·ḵam·tî)
Conjunctive waw, Pr | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2449: To be wise

under
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the sun.
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

This
זֶ֖ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

too
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

is futile.
הָֽבֶל׃ (hā·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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