Ecclesiastes 2:1
“I said in mine heart, Goe to now, I wil prooue thee with mirth, therfore enioy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanitie.”
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Ecclesiastes 2:1 Context
1I said in mine heart, Goe to now, I wil prooue thee with mirth, therfore enioy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanitie. 2I saide of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 3I sought in mine heart to giue my selfe vnto wine, (yet acquainting mine heart with wisedome) and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sonnes of men, which they should doe vnder the heauen all the dayes of their life.
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I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.
- King James Version
I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself. And behold, it too was futility."
- New American Standard Version (1995)