[和合本] 我就心里说：愚昧人所遇见的，我也必遇见，我为何更有智慧呢？我心里说，这也是虚空。
[新标点] 我就心里说：“愚昧人所遇见的，我也必遇见，我为何更有智慧呢？”我心里说，这也是虚空。
[和合修] 我心里就说：“愚昧人所遇见的，我也一样遇见，那么我何必更有智慧呢？”我心里说：“这也是虚空。”
[新译本] 我自己心里说：“临到愚昧人身上的，也必临到我身上；那么，我为什么要更有智慧呢？”于是我心里说：“这也是虚空。”
[当代修] 于是，我想：“既然愚人的命运也将是我的命运，我有智慧又怎么样呢？我只能说，‘这也是虚空。’”
[现代修] 我心想：“愚蠢人的遭遇也是我的遭遇。我尽管聪明又有什么益处呢？”我的答案是：“没有，一切都是空虚！”
[吕振中] 于是我心里说：“愚顽人所遭遇的、我也会遭遇着，我为什么要有智慧呢？那我有什么长处呢？我就心里说：这也是虚空。
[思高本] 我心中自问：“愚人的命运，我也会遇到，为什么我要更明智？”我遂下结论说：“这也是空虚。”
[文理本] 我心自谓、愚者所遭、我亦将遭之、我虽多智、有何益哉、我心自谓、斯亦虚空、
[GNT] 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."
[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.
[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.
[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."
[KJ21] Then I said 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, "This also is vanity."
[NASB] Then I said (Lit in my heart)to myself, "As is the fate of the fool, it will also happen to me. Why then have I been extremely wise?" So (Lit I spoke in my heart)I said to myself, "This too is futility."
[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.
[WEB] Then I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
[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.
[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."
[NIrV] Then I thought, "What happens to a foolish person will catch up with me too. So what do I gain by being wise?" I said to myself, "That doesn't have any meaning either."
[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.
[CSB] 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.
[AMP] Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me. And of what use is it then for me to be more wise? Then I said in my heart, This also is vanity (emptiness, vainglory, and futility)!
[NLT] Both will die. So I said to myself, "Since I will end up the same as the fool, what's the value of all my wisdom? This is all so meaningless!"
[YLT] and I said in my heart, 'As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?' And I spake in my heart, that also this [is] vanity: