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  2:1 ¶
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: and, behold, this is also vanity. |
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2:1 ¶
I°
said°°
in mine heart,°
Go to°
now,°°°
I will prove°°
thee with mirth,°
therefore enjoy°°
pleasure:°
and, behold,°
this°
also°
[is] vanity.° |
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2:2
I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why doest thou this: |
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2:2
I said°°
of laughter,°
[It is] mad:°°
and of mirth,°
What°°
doeth°°
it?° |
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2:3
And I examined whether my heart would excite my flesh as [with] wine, (though my heart guided [me] in wisdom,) and [I desired] to lay hold of mirth, until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, which they should do under the sun all the days of their life. |
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2:3
I sought°°
in mine heart°
to give°°°
myself°
unto wine,°
yet acquainting°°
mine heart°
with wisdom;°
and to lay hold°°
on folly,°
till°°
I might see°°
what°
[was] that°
good°
for the sons°
of men,°
which°
they should do°°
under°
the heaven°
all°
the days°
of their life.° |
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2:4
I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards. |
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2:4
I made me great°°
works;°
I builded°°
me houses;°
I planted°°
me vineyards:° |
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2:5
I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit-tree. |
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2:5
I made°°
me gardens°
and orchards,°
and I planted°°
trees°
in them of all°
[kind of] fruits:° |
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2:6
I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood. |
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2:6
I made°°
me pools°
of water,°
to water°°
therewith°
the wood°
that bringeth forth°°
trees:° |
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2:7
I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem. |
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2:7
I got°°
[me] servants°
and maidens,°
and had°
servants born°
in my house;°
also°
I had°
great°°
possessions°
of great°
and small cattle°
above all°°
that were°°
in Jerusalem°
before°
me: |
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2:8
Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers. |
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2:8
I gathered°°
me also°
silver°
and gold,°
and the peculiar treasure°
of kings°
and of the provinces:°
I gat°°
me men singers°°
and women singers,°°
and the delights°
of the sons°
of men,°
[as] musical instruments,°
and that of all sorts. |
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2:9
So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me. |
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2:9
So I was great,°°
and increased°°
more°
than all°°
that were°°
before°
me in Jerusalem:°
also°
my wisdom°
remained°°
with me. |
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2:10
And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour. |
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2:10
And whatsoever°°
mine eyes°
desired°°
I kept°°
not°
from°
them, I withheld°°
not°°
my heart°
from any°°
joy;°
for°
my heart°
rejoiced°
in all°°
my labour:°
and this°
was°
my portion°
of all°°
my labour.° |
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2:11
And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun. |
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2:11
Then I°
looked°°
on all°
the works°
that my hands°
had wrought,°°°°
and on the labour°
that I had laboured°°°
to do:°°
and, behold,°
all°
[was] vanity°
and vexation°
of spirit,°
and [there was] no°
profit°
under°
the sun.° |
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2:12 ¶
Then I looked on to see wisdom, and madness, and folly: for who is the man who will follow after counsel, in all things where in he employs it? |
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2:12 ¶
And I°
turned°°
myself to behold°°
wisdom,°
and madness,°
and folly:°
for°
what°
[can] the man°
[do] that cometh°°°
after°
the king?°
[even]°
that which°
hath been already°
done.°° |
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2:13
And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness. |
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2:13
Then I°
saw°°
that°°
wisdom°
excelleth°
folly,°°
as far as light°
excelleth°
darkness.°° |
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2:14
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all. |
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2:14
The wise man's°
eyes°
[are] in his head;°
but the fool°
walketh°°
in darkness:°
and I myself°
perceived°°
also°
that one°
event°°°
happeneth°°
to°
them all.° |
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2:15
And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance. |
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2:15
Then°
said°°
I°
in my heart,°
As it happeneth°
to the fool,°
so it happeneth°°
even°
to me;°
and why°
was I°
then°
more°
wise?°°
Then I said°°
in my heart,°
that this°
also°°
[is] vanity.° |
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2:16
For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now [in] the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool? |
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2:16
For°
[there is] no°
remembrance°
of the wise°
more than°
of the fool°
for ever;°
seeing that which now°°
[is] in the days°
to come°°
shall all°
be forgotten.°°
And how°
dieth°°
the wise°
[man]? as°
the fool.° |
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2:17
So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit. |
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2:17
Therefore I hated°°°
life;°
because°
the work°
that is wrought°°°
under°
the sun°
[is] grievous°
unto°
me: for°
all°
[is] vanity°
and vexation°
of spirit.° |
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2:18 ¶
And I hated the whole of my labour which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. |
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2:18 ¶
Yea, I°
hated°°°
all°
my labour°
which I°°
had taken°
under°
the sun:°
because I should leave°°°°
it unto the man°
that shall be°°
after°
me. |
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2:19
And who knows whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity. |
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2:19
And who°
knoweth°°
whether he shall be°
a wise°
[man] or°
a fool?°
yet shall he have rule°°
over all°
my labour°
wherein I have laboured,°°°
and wherein I have shewed myself wise°°°
under°
the sun.°
This°
[is] also°
vanity.° |
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2:20
So I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun. |
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2:20
Therefore I°
went about°°
to cause°°°
my heart°
to despair°°
of°
all°
the labour°
which I took°°°
under°
the sun.° |
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2:21
For there is [such] a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; [yet] this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil. |
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2:21
For°
there is°
a man°
whose labour°°
[is] in wisdom,°
and in knowledge,°
and in equity;°
yet to a man°
that hath not°°
laboured°°
therein shall he leave°°
it [for] his portion.°
This°
also°
[is] vanity°
and a great°
evil.° |
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2:22
For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun. |
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2:22
For°
what°
hath°°
man°
of all°
his labour,°
and of the vexation°
of his heart,°
wherein°
he°°
hath laboured°
under°
the sun?° |
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2:23
For all his days [are days] of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity. |
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2:23
For°
all°
his days°
[are] sorrows,°
and his travail°
grief;°
yea,°
his heart°
taketh not°
rest°°
in the night.°
This°
is also°
vanity.° |
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2:24 ¶
A man has nothing [really] good to eat, and to drink, and to shew his soul [as] good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. |
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2:24 ¶
[There is] nothing°
better°
for a man,°
[than] that he should eat°°°
and drink,°°
and [that] he should make his soul°°°
enjoy°°
good°
in his labour.°
This°
also°
I°
saw,°°
that°
it°
[was] from the hand°°
of Elohim.° |
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2:25
For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him? |
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2:25
For°
who°
can eat,°°
or who°
else can hasten°°
[hereunto], more°
than°
I? |
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2:26
For [God] has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit. |
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2:26
For°
[Elohim] giveth°°
to a man°
that [is] good°°
in his sight°
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 is] good°
before°
Elohim.°
This°
also°
[is] vanity°
and vexation°
of spirit.° |
