Ecclesiastes 2

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1. (Eccles 2:1) I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
2. (Eccles 2:2) I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
3. (Eccles 2:3) @@I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding @9me@7 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 heaven all the days of their life.
4. (Eccles 2:4) I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
5. (Eccles 2:5) I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
6. (Eccles 2:6) I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
7. (Eccles 2:7) I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;
8. (Eccles 2:8) I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9. (Eccles 2:9) So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10. (Eccles 2:10) And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.
11. (Eccles 2:11) Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12. (Eccles 2:12) @@And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what @9can@7 the man @9do@7 that cometh after the king? @9even@7 that which hath been done long ago.
13. (Eccles 2:13) Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14. (Eccles 2:14) The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
15. (Eccles 2:15) Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth 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.
16. (Eccles 2:16) For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
17. (Eccles 2:17) So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
18. (Eccles 2:18) And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19. (Eccles 2:19) And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20. (Eccles 2:20) Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
21. (Eccles 2:21) For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22. (Eccles 2:22) For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
23. (Eccles 2:23) @@For all his days are @9but@7 sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
24. (Eccles 2:24) @@There is nothing better for a man @9than@7 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.
25. (Eccles 2:25) For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26. (Eccles 2:26) @@For to the man that pleaseth him @9God@7 giveth 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 pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.