Font Size
Ecclesiastes 2:1-2
1599 Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:1-2
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Pleasures, sumptuous buildings, riches and possessions are but vanity. 14 The wise and the fool have both one end touching the bodily death.
1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove [a]thee with joy: therefore take thou pleasure in pleasant things: and behold, this also is vanity.
2 I said of laughter, Thou art mad: and of joy, What is this that thou doest?
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ecclesiastes 2:1 Solomon maketh this discourse with himself, as though he would try whether there were contentation in ease and pleasures.
1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)
Geneva Bible, 1599 Edition. Published by Tolle Lege Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations in articles, reviews, and broadcasts.
Bible Gateway Recommends
The Geneva Bible: 1560 Edition, hardcover The Bible of the Protestant Reformation
Retail: $69.95
Our Price: $49.73
Save: $20.22 (29%)