Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd 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 And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour{.htm" title="{"> that I have laboured{.htm" title="{"> at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also [is] vanity. 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 whoוּמִ֣י (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 |