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Ecclesiastes 2:22 (ESV) English Standard Version

1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity.
2 I said of laughter, "It is mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?"
3 I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine- my heart still guiding me with wisdom- and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
4 I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
6 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees.
7 I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.
8 I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, the delight of the children of man.
9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.
10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.
11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
12 So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.
13 Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.
14 The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.
15 Then I said in my heart, "What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?" And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
16 For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool!
17 So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
18 I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,
19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
21 because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun?
23 For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.
24 There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,
25 for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?
26 For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
1 I H589 PPRO-1MS said H559 in mine heart H3820 , Go to H1980 VQI2MS-3FS now H4994 IJEC , I will prove H5254 thee with mirth H8057 , therefore enjoy H7200 W-VQI2MS pleasure H2896 : and , behold H2009 IJEC , this H1931 PPRO-3MS also H1571 CONJ is vanity H1892 .
2 I said H559 VQQ1MS of laughter H7814 , It is mad H1984 : and of mirth H8057 , What H4100 IPRO doeth H6213 it H2090 ?
3 I sought H8446 in mine heart H3820 to give H4900 myself H1320 CMS-1MS unto wine H3196 , yet acquainting H5090 mine heart H3820 with wisdom H2451 ; and to lay hold H270 on folly H5531 , till H5704 PREP I might see H7200 VQY1MS what H335 IPRO was that H2088 DPRO good H2896 AMS for the sons H1121 L-CMP of men H120 D-NMS , which H834 RPRO they should do H6213 under H8478 NMS the heaven H8064 D-NMD all H4557 CMS the days H3117 CMP of their life H2416 .
4 I made me great H1431 works H4639 ; I built H1129 me houses H1004 NMP ; I planted H5193 me vineyards H3754 NMP :
5 I made H6213 VQQ1MS me gardens H1593 and orchards H6508 , and I planted H5193 trees H6086 NMS in them of all H3605 NMS kind of fruits H6529 :
6 I made H6213 VQQ1MS me pools H1295 of water H4325 NMD , to water H8248 L-VHFC therewith H4480 the wood H3293 that bringeth forth H6779 trees H6086 :
7 I got H7069 VQQ1MS me servants H5650 NMP and maidens H8198 , and had H1961 VQQ3MS servants born H1121 W-CMP in my house H1004 ; also H1571 CONJ I had H1961 VQQ3MS great H7235 VHFA possessions H4735 NMS of great H1241 and small cattle H6629 above all H3605 M-CMS that were in Jerusalem H3389 before H6440 L-CMP me :
8 I gathered H3664 me also H1571 CONJ silver H3701 NMS and gold H2091 , and the peculiar treasure H5459 of kings H4428 NMP and of the provinces H4082 : I got H6213 VQQ1MS me men singers H7891 and women singers H7891 , and the delights H8588 of the sons H1121 of men H120 D-NMS , as musical instruments H7705 , and that of all sorts .
9 So I was great H1431 , and increased more H3254 than all H3605 M-CMS that were before H6440 L-CMP me in Jerusalem H3389 : also H637 CONJ my wisdom H2451 remained H5975 with me .
10 And whatsoever H3605 W-CMS mine eyes H5869 CMD-1MS desired H7592 I kept H680 not H3808 NADV from H4480 them , I withheld H4513 not H3808 ADV my heart H3820 NMS-1MS from any H3605 M-CMS joy H8057 ; for H3588 CONJ my heart H3820 NMS-1MS rejoiced H8056 in all H3605 M-CMS my labor H5999 : and this H2088 W-PMS was H1961 VQQ3MS my portion H2506 CMS-1MS of all H3605 M-CMS my labor H5999 .
11 Then I H589 PPRO-1MS looked H6437 on all H3605 B-CMS the works H4639 that my hands had wrought H7945 , and on the labor H5999 that I had labored H5998 to do H6213 : and , behold H2009 IJEC , all H3605 was vanity H1892 NMS and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307 NFS , and there was no H369 W-NPAR profit H3504 under H8478 NMS the sun H8121 .
12 And I H589 PPRO-1MS turned H6437 myself to behold H7200 L-VQFC wisdom H2451 NFS , and madness H1947 , and folly H5531 : for H3588 CONJ what H4100 IPRO can the man H120 D-NMS do that cometh H7945 after H310 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS ? even that which H834 RPRO hath been already H3528 done H6213 .
13 Then I H589 PPRO-1MS saw H7200 that wisdom H2451 LD-NFS excelleth H3504 folly H5531 , as far as light H216 D-NMS excelleth H3504 darkness H2822 D-NMS .
14 The wise man H2450 I-AMS \'s eyes H5869 CMD-3MS are in his head H7218 ; but the fool H3684 walketh H1980 VQPMS in darkness H2822 BD-NMS : and I myself H589 PPRO-1MS perceived H3045 also H1571 CONJ that one event H7945 happeneth H7136 to H854 them all H3605 CMS-3MP .
15 Then said H559 I H589 PPRO-1MS in my heart H3820 , As it happeneth H4745 to the fool H3684 , so it happeneth H7136 even H1571 CONJ to me ; and why H4100 WL-IGAT was I H589 PPRO-1MS then H227 ADV more H3148 wise H2449 ? Then I said H1696 in my heart H3820 , that this H2088 DPRO also H7945 is vanity H1892 .
16 For H3588 CONJ there is no H369 NPAR remembrance H2146 of the wise H2450 more than H5973 of the fool H3684 forever H5769 L-NMS ; seeing that which now H7945 is in the days H3117 D-NMP to come H935 shall all H3605 be forgotten H7911 . And how H349 W-IJEC dieth H4191 VQY3MS the wise H2450 man ? as H5973 the fool H3684 .
17 Therefore I hated H8130 life H2416 ; because H3588 CONJ the work H4639 that is wrought H7945 under H8478 NMS the sun H8121 is grievous H7451 AMS unto H5921 PREP-1MS me : for H3588 CONJ all H3605 is vanity H1892 NMS and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307 NMS .
18 Yea , I H589 PPRO-1MS hated H8130 all H3605 NMS my labor H5999 which I H589 PPRO-1MS had taken H6001 NMS under H8478 NMS the sun H8121 : because I should leave H7945 it unto the man H120 that shall be after H310 me .
19 And who H4310 W-IPRO knoweth H3045 VQPMS whether he shall be H1961 VQY3MS a wise H2450 I-AMS man or H176 CONJ a fool H5530 ? yet shall he have rule H7980 over all H3605 B-CMS my labor H5999 wherein I have labored H5998 , and wherein I have showed myself wise H7945 under H8478 NMS the sun H8121 . This H2088 DPRO is also H1571 CONJ vanity H1892 .
20 Therefore I H589 PPRO-1MS went about H5437 to cause my heart H3820 NMS-1MS to despair H2976 of H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the labor H5999 which I took H7945 under H8478 NMS the sun H8121 .
21 For H3588 CONJ there is H3426 PART a man H120 NMS whose labor H7945 is in wisdom H2451 B-NFS , and in knowledge H1847 , and in equity H3788 ; yet to a man H120 WL-NMS that hath not H7945 labored H5998 therein shall he leave H5414 it for his portion H2506 . This H2088 DPRO also H1571 CONJ is vanity H1892 NMS and a great H7227 AFS evil H7451 .
22 For H3588 CONJ what H4100 hath H1933 man H120 LD-NMS of all H3605 B-CMS his labor H5999 , and of the vexation H7475 of his heart H3820 CMS-3MS , wherein he hath labored H6001 NMS under H8478 NMS the sun H8121 ?
23 For H3588 CONJ all H3605 CMS his days H3117 CMP-3MS are sorrows H4341 , and his travail H6045 grief H3708 ; yea H1571 CONJ , his heart H3820 taketh not H3808 NADV rest H7901 VQQ3MS in the night H3915 . This H2088 DPRO is also H1571 CONJ vanity H1892 NMS .
24 There is nothing H369 ADV better H2896 AMS for a man H120 , than that he should eat H7945 and drink H8354 , and that he should make his soul H7200 VQQ1MS good H2896 AMS in his labor H5999 . This H2090 also H1571 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS saw H7200 VQQ1MS , that H3588 CONJ it H1931 was from the hand H3027 M-GFS of God H430 D-EDP .
25 For H3588 CONJ who H4310 W-IPRO can eat H398 VQY3MS , or who H4310 W-IPRO else can hasten H2363 hereunto , more H2351 than H4480 PREP-1MS I ?
26 For H3588 CONJ God giveth H5414 VQQ3MS to a man H120 L-CMS that is good H2896 in his sight H6440 L-CMP wisdom H2451 NFS , and knowledge H1847 W-VQFC , and joy H8057 : but to the sinner H2398 he giveth H5414 VQQ3MS travail H6045 , to gather H622 and to heap up H3664 , that he may give H5414 L-VQFC to him that is good H2896 before H6440 L-CMP God H430 D-NAME-4MP . This H2088 DPRO also H1571 CONJ is vanity H1892 NMS and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307 NMS .
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