Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said559 in mine heart,3820 Go to now,3212 I will prove5254 thee with mirth,8057 therefore enjoy7200 pleasure:2896 and, behold, this also is vanity.1892 cr 2 I said559 of laughter,7814 It is mad:1984 and of mirth,8057 What2090 doeth6213 it? cr 3 I sought8446 in mine heart3820 to give4900 myself1320 unto wine,3196{Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} yet acquainting5090 mine heart3820 with wisdom;2451 and to lay hold270 on folly,5531 till I might see7200 what was that good2896 for the sons1121 of men,120 which they should do6213 under the heaven8064 all4557 the days3117 of their life.2416{Heb. the number of the days of their life} cr 4 I made me great1431 works;4639 I builded1129 me houses;1004 I planted5193 me vineyards:3754 cr 5 I made6213 me gardens1593 and orchards,6508 and I planted5193 trees6086 in them of all kind of fruits:6529 cr 6 I made6213 me pools1295 of water,4325 to water8248 therewith the wood3293 that bringeth forth6779 trees:6086 cr 7 I got7069 me servants5650 and maidens,8198 and had servants born1121 in my house;1004{Heb. sons of my house} also I had great7235 possessions4735 of great1241 and small cattle6629 above all that were in Jerusalem3389 before6440 me: cr 8 I gathered3664 me also silver3701 and gold,2091 and the peculiar treasure5459 of kings4428 and of the provinces:4082 I gat6213 me men singers7891 and women singers,7891 and the delights8588 of the sons1121 of men,120 as musical instruments,7705 7705 and that of all sorts.{Heb. musical instrument, and instruments} cr 9 So I was great,1431 and increased3254 more than all that were before6440 me in Jerusalem:3389 also my wisdom2451 remained5975 with me. cr 10 And whatsoever mine eyes5869 desired7592 I kept680 not from them, I withheld4513 not my heart3820 from any joy;8057 for my heart3820 rejoiced8056 in all my labour:5999 and this was my portion2506 of all my labour.5999 cr 11 Then I looked6437 on all the works4639 that my hands3027 had wrought,6213 and on the labour5999 that I had laboured5998 to do:6213 and, behold, all was vanity1892 and vexation7469 of spirit,7307 and there was no profit3504 under the sun.8121 cr

Ecclesiastes 2:12 And I turned6437 myself to behold7200 wisdom,2451 and madness,1947 and folly:5531 for what can the man120 do that cometh935 after310 the king?4428 even that which hath been already3528 done.6213{Or, in those things which have been already done} cr 13 Then I saw7200 that3426 wisdom2451 excelleth3504 folly,5531{Heb. that there is an excellency in Wisdom more then in folly, etc} as far as light216 excelleth3504 darkness.2822 cr 14 The wise man's2450 eyes5869 are in his head;7218 but the fool3684 walketh1980 in darkness:2822 and I myself perceived3045 also that one259 event4745 happeneth7136 to them all. cr 15 Then227 said559 I in my heart,3820 As it happeneth4745 to the fool,3684 so it happeneth7136 even to me;1571{Heb. happeneth to me, even to me} and why was I then more3148 wise?2449 Then I said1696 in my heart,3820 that this also is vanity.1892 cr 16 For there is no remembrance2146 of the wise2450 more than5973 of the fool3684 for ever;5769 seeing that which now3528 is in the days3117 to come935 shall all be forgotten.7911 And how dieth4191 the wise2450 man? as the fool.3684 cr 17 Therefore I hated8130 life;2416 because the work4639 that is wrought6213 under the sun8121 is grievous7451 unto me: for all is vanity1892 and vexation7469 of spirit.7307 cr

Ecclesiastes 2:18 Yea, I hated8130 all my labour5999 which I had taken6001{Heb. laboured} under the sun:8121 because I should leave3240 it unto the man120 that shall be after310 me. cr 19 And who knoweth3045 whether he shall be a wise2450 man or a fool?5530 yet shall he have rule7980 over all my labour5999 wherein I have laboured,5998 and wherein I have shewed myself wise2449 under the sun.8121 This is also vanity.1892 cr 20 Therefore I went about5437 to cause2976 2794 my heart3820 to despair2976 of all the labour5999 which I took5998 under the sun.8121 cr 21 For there is3426 a man120 whose labour5999 is in wisdom,2451 and in knowledge,1847 and in equity;3788 yet to a man120 that hath not laboured5998 therein shall he leave5414{Heb. give} it for his portion.2506 This also is vanity1892 and a great7227 evil.7451 cr 22 For what hath1933 man120 of all his labour,5999 and of the vexation7475 of his heart,3820 wherein1931 he hath laboured6001 under the sun?8121 cr 23 For all his days3117 are sorrows,4341 and his travail6045 grief;3708 yea, his heart3820 taketh not rest7901 in the night.3915 This is also vanity.1892 cr

Ecclesiastes 2:24 There is nothing better2896 for a man,120 than that he should eat398 and drink,8354 and that he should make his soul5315 enjoy7200{Or, delight his senses} good2896 in his labour.5999 This2090 also I saw,7200 that it was from the hand3027 of God.430 cr 25 For who can eat,398 or who else can hasten2363 hereunto, more2351 than I? cr 26 For God giveth5414 to a man120 that is good2896 in his sight6440{Heb. before him} wisdom,2451 and knowledge,1847 and joy:8057 but to the sinner2398 he giveth5414 travail,6045 to gather622 and to heap up,3664 that he may give5414 to him that is good2896 before6440 God.430 This also is vanity1892 and vexation7469 of spirit.7307 cr