Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
I said in my
heart, "Come
now, I will test
you
with mirth :
therefore enjoy pleasure ;"
and, behold, this also was
vanity.
I said in mine
heart, Go
to
now, I will prove
thee
with mirth ,
therefore enjoy pleasure :
and, behold, this also is
vanity.
I said of laughter, "
It is foolishness;"
and of mirth, "
What does
it accomplish
? "
I said of laughter, It is mad:
and of mirth, What doeth
it?
I searched
in my
heart how
to cheer
my
flesh
with
wine, my
heart
yet guiding
me
with wisdom ,
and how
to lay hold of
folly, until
I might see what it
was good for the sons of men that
they should do under heaven all the days of their lives
.
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
.
I made myself
great works .
I built
myself
houses .
I planted myself
vineyards .
I made me
great works ;
I builded
me
houses ;
I planted me
vineyards :
I made myself
gardens and parks
, and I planted trees in them of all kinds
of fruit.
I made me
gardens and orchards
, and I planted trees in them of all kind
of fruits:
I made myself
pools of water, to water from
it
the forest
where
trees were
reared.
I made me
pools of water, to water therewith
the wood
that
bringeth
forth
trees :
I bought
men-
servants and maid-servants
, and had servants born in my house .
I
also had great possessions of herds
and flocks,
above all who
were before
me
in Jerusalem ;
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:
I also
gathered silver and gold for
myself
, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces .
I got
myself
men -
singers and women -
singers, and the delights of the sons of men --
musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
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.
So I was great, and increased more than all who
were before me in Jerusalem .
My wisdom also
remained with me.
So I was great, and increased more than all that
were before me in Jerusalem :
also
my wisdom remained with me.
Whatever
my
eyes desired ,
I didn't
keep
from them .
I didn't
withhold
my heart from any joy ,
for my heart rejoiced because
of
all my labor,
and this was my portion from
all my labor
.
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
.
Then I looked at
all the works that my hands had worked
, and at
the labor
that I had labored
to do ;
and, behold, all was vanity and a
chasing
after
wind
, and there was no profit under the sun.
Then I looked on
all the 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.
I turned myself to consider
wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's
successor
do? Just
that which has
been done long
ago
.
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.
Then I saw that wisdom excels
folly, as far as light excels
darkness.
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth
folly, as far as light excelleth
darkness.
The wise man's eyes are in his head ,
and
the fool walks
in darkness --
and yet
I perceived that one event happens
to them all.
The wise man's eyes are in his head ;
but
the fool walketh
in darkness :
and I myself
perceived also
that one event happeneth
to them all.
Then said I in my heart, "
As it happens
to the fool, so will
it happen
even to me; and why was I then more wise? "
Then said
I in my heart that this also is vanity.
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.
For of the wise man,
even
as
of the fool ,
there
is
no
memory
for ever ,
seeing that in the days to come all will
have
been
long
forgotten. Indeed,
the wise man must
die
just
like
the fool !
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 .
So
I hated life ,
because the work that is worked
under the sun was
grievous to
me ;
for all is vanity and a
chasing
after
wind
.
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
.
I hated all my labor
in
which I labored
under the sun ,
seeing
that
I must
leave it to
the man who
comes
after me.
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.
Who knows
whether he will
be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will
have rule over all of
my labor
in
which
I have labored
, and in
which
I have shown
myself wise under the sun. This also
is vanity.
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.
Therefore I began
to cause my heart to despair concerning
all the labor
in
which I had
labored
under the sun.
Therefore I went
about
to cause my heart to despair of
all the labour
which I took
under the sun.
For there is a man whose labor
is with
wisdom, with
knowledge, and with
skillfulness
; yet he
shall leave it for his portion to
a
man
who
has
not
labored
for
it
. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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.
For what has
a
man of all his labor
, and of the striving
of his heart, in
which
he labors
under the sun?
For what hath
man of all his labour
, and of the vexation
of his heart, wherein
he hath
laboured
under the sun?
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is
grief; yes
, even
in
the
night
his heart takes
no
rest. This also
is vanity.
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea
, his heart taketh
not
rest in
the
night
. This is also
vanity.
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor
. This also I saw, that it is
from the hand of God.
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.
For who can eat, or who can have
enjoyment
, more than I?
For who can eat, or who else
can hasten
hereunto
, more than I?
For to the
man who
pleases
him,
God
gives
wisdom, knowledge, and joy ;
but to the sinner he gives
travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who
pleases
God. This also is vanity and a
chasing
after
wind
.
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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