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.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in Ecclesiastes 2:2:
Laughter {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Other definition entries containing Ecclesiastes 2:2:
Ecclesiastes, The Preacher {I.S.B.E.}
Mad; Madness {I.S.B.E.}
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