Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Emptiness of Pleasure
2 I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;(A) enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile. 2 I said about laughter,(B) “It is madness,” and about pleasure, “What does this accomplish?” 3 I explored with my mind how to let my body enjoy life[a] with wine(C) and how to grasp folly(D)—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven[b] during the few days of their lives.(E)
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- Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit to pull my body
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 Two Hb mss, LXX, Syr read the sun
Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
Common English Bible
2 I said to myself,[a] Come, I will make you[b] experience pleasure; enjoy what is good! But this too was pointless! 2 Merriment, I thought, is madness; pleasure, of no use at all. 3 I tried cheering myself with wine and by embracing folly—with wisdom still guiding me—until I might see what is really worth doing in the few days that human beings have under heaven.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:1 Or in my heart; mind
- Ecclesiastes 2:1 Or the self (or heart; mind)
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