Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in mine lev, Come now, I will test thee with simchah, therefore enjoy tov; and, hinei, this also is hevel.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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In Context
2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of simchah, What doeth it accomplish?
Cross References
Genesis 11:7Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their sefat, that they may not understand one anotherʼs language.
Psalms 10:6He hath said in his lev, I shall not be shaken; 1 throughout all generations I shall never be in trouble. 1
Psalms 27:8When my lev said of Thee, Seek ye My face, 1 my lev said unto Thee, Thy face, Hashem, will I seek. 1
Ecclesiastes 1:16I communed with mine own lev, saying: Hinei, I am come to greatness, even greater chochmah than all they that have been before me over Yerushalayim; yea, my lev had great experience of chochmah and da'as.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my lev, As the mikreh befalls the kesil, so also will the same mikreh befall me; and wherein have I then been of more chochmah? Then I said in my lev, This also is hevel.
Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in mine lev, HaElohim shall judge the tzaddik and the resha (wicked); for an et (season) for every matter and for every ma'aseh is there.
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 →