[Ecc 2:12-17 KJV] 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.
We can always learn from history because mankind tends to do what has already been done.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Wise living is always better than foolish living. Even more so when you are a king, I would think.
14 The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
A wise men observes but a fool refuses to see. The king knows that death comes to all.
15 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.
In the end, the result is the same.
16 For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
No one is remembered except by God.
17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
So the king is dismayed and wondering what is even the point? I can think of one...
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