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Ecclesiastes 2

26 verses · King James Version

  1. 1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also vanity.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:1
  2. 2I said of laughter, mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:2
  3. 3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:3
  4. 4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:4
  5. 5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all fruits:Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:5
  6. 6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:6
  7. 7I got servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:7
  8. 8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar 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.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:8
  9. 9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:9
  10. 10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:10
  11. 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all vanity and vexation of spirit, and no profit under the sun.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:11
  12. 12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what the man that cometh after the king? that which hath been already done.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:12
  13. 13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:13
  14. 14The wise man’s eyes in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:14
  15. 15Then 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 vanity.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:15
  16. 16For no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise as the fool.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:16
  17. 17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all vanity and vexation of spirit.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:17
  18. 18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:18
  19. 19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This also vanity.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:19
  20. 20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:20
  21. 21For there is a man whose labour in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it his portion. This also vanity and a great evil.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:21
  22. 22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:22
  23. 23For all his days sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:23
  24. 24nothing better for a man, that he should eat and drink, and he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it from the hand of God.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:24
  25. 25For who can eat, or who else can hasten more than I?Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:25
  26. 26For giveth to a man that good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to good before God. This also vanity and vexation of spirit.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 2:26