Ecclesiastes 2:1
Come, then, I said in my heart, I will have a taste of joy, and thou shalt see what is good; but, behold, this also was vanity.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2Of laughter I said, It maketh one mad: and of joy, What doth this do?
Cross References
Genesis 11:7Go to, let us go down, and confound there their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Psalms 10:6He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; I shall be for many generations, and without adversity.
Psalms 27:8Of thee, said my heart, “Seek ye my presence”: thy presence, Lord, will I seek.
Ecclesiastes 1:16I spoke with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have truly obtained greater and more wisdom than all those who have been before me over Jerusalem: yea, my heart had seen much wisdom and knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my heart, The same that befalleth the fool will also befall even me: and why have I then been wiser? Then spoke I in my heart, that this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time for every pursuit; and on account of every deed there [will he judge].
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:1
Solomon having pronounced all vanity, and particularly knowledge and learning, which he was so far from giving himself joy of that he found the increase of it did but increase his sorrow, in this chapter he goes on to show what reason he has to be tired of this world, and with what little reason most men are fond of it. I. He shows that there is no true happiness and satisfaction to be had in mirth and pleasure, and the delights of sense, ver. 1-11 . II. He reconsiders the pretensions of wisdom, and allows it to… Read the whole commentary →