The Vanity of Pleasure
1 I said ain my heart, “Come now, I will test you with bmirth; therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, cthis also was vanity.
2 I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
3 aI searched in my heart how1 to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was bgood for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
4 I made my works great, I built myself ahouses, and planted myself vineyards.
5 I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
6 I made myself water pools from which to1 water the growing trees of the grove.
7 I acquired male and female servants, and had1 servants born in my house. Yes, I had greater possessions of herds and flocks than all who were in Jerusalem before me.
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Definitions of words in Ecclesiastes 2:1:
Also {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Come {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Heart {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Heart {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Pleasure {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Ain {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Other definition entries containing Ecclesiastes 2:1:
Ecclesiastes, The Preacher {I.S.B.E.}
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