Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
New King James Version
The Vanity of Pleasure(A)
2 I said (B)in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with (C)mirth; [a]therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, (D)this also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?” 3 (E)I searched in my heart how [b]to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was (F)good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:1 gladness
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit. to draw my flesh
Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
American Standard Version
2 I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; [a]therefore enjoy [b]pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet [c]guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven [d]all the days of their life.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:1 Or, and thou shalt enjoy
- Ecclesiastes 2:1 Or, good
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 Or, holding its course
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 Hebrew the number of days of their life.
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