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| Ecclesiastes 2:1 |
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I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee
with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:2 |
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I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth,
What doeth it? |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:3 |
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I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh
with wine, my heart yet 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 all the days of their life. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:4 |
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I made me great works; I builded me houses;
I planted me vineyards; |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:5 |
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I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees
in them of all kinds of fruit; |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:6 |
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I made me pools of water, to water therefrom
the forest where trees were reared; |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:7 |
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I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and
had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks,
above all that were before me in Jerusalem; |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:8 |
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I gathered me also silver and gold, and the
treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers,
and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
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| Ecclesiastes 2:9 |
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So I was great, and increased more than all
that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:10 |
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And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not
from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because
of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:11 |
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands
had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity
and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:12 |
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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 done long ago. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:13 |
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Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far
as light excelleth darkness. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:14 |
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The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the
fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them
all. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:15 |
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Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to
the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said
I in my heart, that this also is vanity. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:16 |
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For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there
is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been
long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool! |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:17 |
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So I hated life, because the work that is wrought
under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
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| Ecclesiastes 2:18 |
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And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under
the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:19 |
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And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man
or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and
wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:20 |
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Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to
despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:21 |
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For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom,
and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein
shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:22 |
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For what hath a man of all his labor, and of
the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun? |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:23 |
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For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail
is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:24 |
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There is nothing better for a man than that
he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also
I saw, that it is from the hand of God. |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:25 |
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For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment,
more than I? |
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| Ecclesiastes 2:26 |
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For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth
wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather
and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity
and a striving after wind. |
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