Ecclesiastes:2:1-11
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:1 @ I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: and, behold, this is also vanity.
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:2 @ I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why doest thou this:
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:3 @ And I examined whether my heart would excite my flesh as with wine, (though my heart guided me in wisdom,) and I desired to lay hold of mirth, until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, which they should do under the sun all the days of their life.
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:4 @ I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards.
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:5 @ I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit-tree.
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:6 @ I made me (note:)Lit. baths(:note) pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood.
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:7 @ I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:8 @ Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers.
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:9 @ So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me.
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:10 @ And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.
bes@Ecclesiastes:2:11 @ And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.
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