Ecclesiastes 2:3
I searched in mine heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, mine heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
Cross References
Genesis 47:9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Job 14:14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my warfare would I wait, till my release should come.
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?
Ecclesiastes 2:24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man 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 →