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I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
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Verse 12. What. Hebrew “For what man shall come after the king?” Septuagint “after counsel?” Many other versions may be given of this obscure text. Solomon stopt at human wisdom, without consulting the divine; or he asks who shall have greater facility to acquire knowledge than himself, or equal his works? Calmet.—Man’s wisdom compared with God’s is contemptible; though it be preferable to folly. Menochius.
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