strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:1
@ I
said
in mine
heart
, Go to
now
, I will
prove
thee with
mirth
, therefore
enjoy
pleasure
: and, behold, this also is
vanity
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:2
@ I
said
of
laughter
, It is
mad
: and of
mirth
,
What
doeth
it?
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:3
@ I
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 was that
good
for the
sons
of
men
, which they should
do
under the
heaven
all
the
days
of their
life
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:4
@ I made me
great
works
; I
builded
me
houses
; I
planted
me
vineyards
:
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:5
@ I
made
me
gardens
and
orchards
, and I
planted
trees
in them of all kind of
fruits
:
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:6
@ I
made
me
pools
of
water
, to
water
therewith the
wood
that bringeth
forth
trees
:
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:7
@ I
got
me
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:
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:8
@ I
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
, as musical
instruments
, and that of all sorts.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:9
@ So I was
great
, and
increased
more than all that were
before
me in
Jerusalem
: also my
wisdom
remained
with me.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:10
@ And 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
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:11
@ Then I
looked
on all t
works
that my
hands
had
wrought
, and on the
labour
that I had
laboured
to
do
: and, behold, all was
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit
, and there was no
profit
under the
sun
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:12
@ 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
already
done
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:13
@ Then I
saw
that
wisdom
excelleth
folly
, as far as
light
excelleth
darkness
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:14
@ The wise
mans
eyes
are in his
head
; but the
fool
walketh
in
darkness
: and I myself
perceived
also that
one
event
happeneth
to them all.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:15
@
Then
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 is
vanity
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:16
@ For there is no
remembrance
of the
wise
more
than
of the
fool
for
ever
; seeing that which
now
is in the
days
to
come
shall all be
forgotten
. And how
dieth
the
wise
man? as the
fool
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:17
@ Therefore I
hated
life
; because the
work
that is
wrought
under the
sun
is
grievous
unto me: for all is
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:18
@ Yea, 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.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:19
@ And who
knoweth
whether he shall be a
wise
man 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 is also
vanity
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:20
@ Therefore I went
about
to
cause
my
heart
to
despair
of all the
labour
which I
took
under the
sun
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:21
@ For there
is
a
man
whose
labour
is in
wisdom
, and in
knowledge
, and in
equity
; yet to a
man
that hath not
laboured
therein shall he
leave
it for his
portion
. This also is
vanity
and a
great
evil
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:22
@ For what
hath
man
of all his
labour
, and of the
vexation
of his
heart
,
wherein
he hath
laboured
under the
sun
?
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:23
@ For all his
days
are
sorrows
, and his
travail
grief
; yea, his
heart
taketh not
rest
in the
night
. This is also
vanity
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:24
@ There is nothing
better
for a
man
, than that he should
eat
and
drink
, and that he should make his
soul
enjoy
good
in his
labour
.
This
also I
saw
, that it was from the
hand
of
God
.
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:25
@ For who can
eat
, or who else can
hasten
hereunto,
more
than I?
strkjv@Ecclesiastes:2:26
@ For God
giveth
to a
man
that is
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 him that is
good
before
God
. This also is
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit
.
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