Ecclesiastes 2:3
And I examined whether my heart 1 Would excite my flesh as with wine 1 (Though my heart guided me in wisdom), 1 And I desired to lay hold of mirth, 1 Until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, 1 Which they should do under the sun 1 All the days of their life. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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2I said to laughter, Madness: 1 And to mirth, Why doest thou this? 1
4I enlarged my work; 1 I built me houses; 1 I planted me vineyards. 1
Cross References
Genesis 47:9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.
Job 14:14For if a man should die, shall he live again, 1 Having accomplished the days of his life? 1 I will wait till I exist again? 1
Proverbs 20:1Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: 1 But every fool is entangled with them. 1
Proverbs 31:4Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:
Ecclesiastes 2:24A man has nothing really good 1 To eat, and to drink, and to show his soul 1 As good in his trouble. 1 This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. 1
Ecclesiastes 6:12What advantage has a man? 1 For who knows what is good for a man in his life, 1 During the number of the life of the days of his vanity? 1 And he has spent them as a shadow; 1 For who shall tell a man 1 What shall be after him under the sun?
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:2-12
Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 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. 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me… Read the whole commentary →