Dual Panel1I said <0559> (8804) in mine heart <03820>_, Go to now <03212> (8798)_, I will prove <05254> (8762) thee with mirth <08057>_, therefore enjoy <07200> (8798) pleasure <02896>_: and, behold, this also [is] vanity <01892>_.
2I said <0559> (8804) of laughter <07814>_, [It is] mad <01984> (8781)_: and of mirth <08057>_, What <02090> doeth <06213> (8802) it?
3I sought <08446> (8804) in mine heart <03820> to give <04900> (8800) myself <01320> unto wine <03196>_, yet acquainting <05090> (8802) mine heart <03820> with wisdom <02451>_; and to lay hold <0270> (8800) on folly <05531>_, till I might see <07200> (8799) what [was] that good <02896> for the sons <01121> of men <0120>_, which they should do <06213> (8799) under the heaven <08064> all <04557> the days <03117> of their life <02416>_. {to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life}
4I made me great <01431> (8689) works <04639>_; I builded <01129> (8804) me houses <01004>_; I planted <05193> (8804) me vineyards <03754>_:
5I made <06213> (8804) me gardens <01593> and orchards <06508>_, and I planted <05193> (8804) trees <06086> in them of all [kind of] fruits <06529>_:
6I made <06213> (8804) me pools <01295> of water <04325>_, to water <08248> (8687) therewith the wood <03293> that bringeth forth <06779> (8802) trees <06086>_:
7I got <07069> (8804) [me] servants <05650> and maidens <08198>_, and had servants born <01121> in my house <01004>_; also I had great <07235> (8687) possessions <04735> of great <01241> and small cattle <06629> above all that were in Jerusalem <03389> before <06440> me: {servants born...: Heb. sons of my house}
8I gathered <03664> (8804) me also silver <03701> and gold <02091>_, and the peculiar treasure <05459> of kings <04428> and of the provinces <04082>_: I gat <06213> (8804) me men singers <07891> (8802) and women singers <07891> (8802)_, and the delights <08588> of the sons <01121> of men <0120>_, [as] musical instruments <07705> <07705>_, and that of all sorts. {musical...: Heb. musical instrument and instruments}
9So I was great <01431> (8804)_, and increased <03254> (8689) more than all that were before <06440> me in Jerusalem <03389>_: also my wisdom <02451> remained <05975> (8804) with me.
10And whatsoever mine eyes <05869> desired <07592> (8804) I kept <0680> (8804) not from them, I withheld <04513> (8804) not my heart <03820> from any joy <08057>_; for my heart <03820> rejoiced <08056> in all my labour <05999>_: and this was my portion <02506> of all my labour <05999>_.
11Then I looked <06437> (8804) on all the works <04639> that my hands <03027> had wrought <06213> (8804)_, and on the labour <05999> that I had laboured <05998> (8804) to do <06213> (8800)_: and, behold, all [was] vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>_, and [there was] no profit <03504> under the sun <08121>_.
12And I turned <06437> (8804) myself to behold <07200> (8800) wisdom <02451>_, and madness <01947>_, and folly <05531>_: for what [can] the man <0120> [do] that cometh <0935> (8799) after <0310> the king <04428>_? [even] that which hath been already <03528> done <06213> (8804)_. {even...: or, in those things which have been already done}
13Then I saw <07200> (8804) that <03426> wisdom <02451> excelleth <03504> folly <05531>_, as far as light <0216> excelleth <03504> darkness <02822>_. {that...: Heb. that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly, etc}
14The wise man's <02450> eyes <05869> [are] in his head <07218>_; but the fool <03684> walketh <01980> (8802) in darkness <02822>_: and I myself perceived <03045> (8804) also that one <0259> event <04745> happeneth <07136> (8799) to them all.
15Then <0227> said <0559> (8804) I in my heart <03820>_, As it happeneth <04745> to the fool <03684>_, so it happeneth <07136> (8799) even to me <01571>_; and why was I then more <03148> wise <02449> (8804)_? Then I said <01696> (8765) in my heart <03820>_, that this also [is] vanity <01892>_. {happeneth even...: Heb. happeneth to me, even to me}
16For [there is] no remembrance <02146> of the wise <02450> more than <05973> of the fool <03684> for ever <05769>_; seeing that which now <03528> [is] in the days <03117> to come <0935> (8802) shall all be forgotten <07911> (8738)_. And how dieth <04191> (8799) the wise <02450> [man]? as the fool <03684>_.
17Therefore I hated <08130> (8804) life <02416>_; because the work <04639> that is wrought <06213> (8738) under the sun <08121> [is] grievous <07451> unto me: for all [is] vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>_.
18Yea, I hated <08130> (8804) all my labour <05999> which I had taken <06001> under the sun <08121>_: because I should leave <03240> (8686) it unto the man <0120> that shall be after <0310> me. {taken: Heb. laboured}
19And who knoweth <03045> (8802) whether he shall be a wise <02450> [man] or a fool <05530>_? yet shall he have rule <07980> (8799) over all my labour <05999> wherein I have laboured <05998> (8804)_, and wherein I have shewed myself wise <02449> (8804) under the sun <08121>_. This [is] also vanity <01892>_.
20Therefore I went about <05437> (8804) to cause <02976> (0) my heart <03820> to despair <02976> (8763) of all the labour <05999> which I took <05998> (8804) under the sun <08121>_.
21For there is <03426> a man <0120> whose labour <05999> [is] in wisdom <02451>_, and in knowledge <01847>_, and in equity <03788>_; yet to a man <0120> that hath not laboured <05998> (8804) therein shall he leave <05414> (8799) it [for] his portion <02506>_. This also [is] vanity <01892> and a great <07227> evil <07451>_. {leave: Heb. give}
22For what hath <01933> (8802) man <0120> of all his labour <05999>_, and of the vexation <07475> of his heart <03820>_, wherein <01931> he hath laboured <06001> under the sun <08121>_?
23For all his days <03117> [are] sorrows <04341>_, and his travail <06045> grief <03708>_; yea, his heart <03820> taketh not rest <07901> (8804) in the night <03915>_. This is also vanity <01892>_.
24[There is] nothing better <02896> for a man <0120>_, [than] that he should eat <0398> (8799) and drink <08354> (8804)_, and [that] he should make his soul <05315> enjoy <07200> (8689) good <02896> in his labour <05999>_. This <02090> also I saw <07200> (8804)_, that it [was] from the hand <03027> of God <0430>_. {should make...: or, delight his senses}
25For who can eat <0398> (8799)_, or who else can hasten <02363> (8799) [hereunto], more <02351> than I?
26For [God] giveth <05414> (8804) to a man <0120> that [is] good <02896> in his sight <06440> wisdom <02451>_, and knowledge <01847>_, and joy <08057>_: but to the sinner <02398> (8802) he giveth <05414> (8804) travail <06045>_, to gather <0622> (8800) and to heap up <03664> (8800)_, that he may give <05414> (8800) to [him that is] good <02896> before <06440> God <0430>_. This also [is] vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>_. {in his...: Heb. before him}