Ecclesiastes

[barb754]

Ecclesiastes 2:2 (KJV)
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

 

[doc329]

Ecclesiastes 2:3 (KJV) 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.

 

[kayd1966]

[bible]ecclesiastes 2:4[/bible]

 

[doc329]

Ecclesiastes 2:5 (KJV) I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

 

[Glenda]

Ecc 2:6 I made pools of water for myself; to water from them the forest shooting forth trees;

 

[doc329]

Ecclesiastes 2:7 (KJV) 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:

 

[Pressing_On]

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired men and women singers, and a harem ase well-the delights of the heart of man.

 

[doc329]

Ecclesiastes 2:9 (KJV) So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

 

[Glenda]

Ecc 2:10 And all that my eyes desired, I did not set aside from them. I withheld not my heart from all joy; for my heart rejoiced from all my labor; and this was my part from all my labor.

 

[kayd1966]

[bible]Ecclesiastes 2:11[/bible]

 

[kelco]

Ecc 2:12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom,
and also madness and folly.
What more can the king's successor do
than what has already been done?

 

[kayd1966]

[bible]ecclesiastes 2:13[/bible]

 

[Glenda]

Ecc 2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and I also know that one event happens with all of them.

 

[doc329]

Ecclesiastes 2:15 (KJV) 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.

 

[Glenda]

Ecc 2:16 For there is not a memory of the wise more than with the fool forever, in that already the days to come will be forgotten. And how does the wise die above the fool?

 

[Pressing_On]

Ecc. 2:17
So I hated life, beause the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

 

[doc329]

Ecclesiastes 2:18 (KJV) 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.

 

[Pressing_On]

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a foo? yet he will have control over all the work inot which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.

 

[worldwatcher]

Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

 

[doc329]

Ecclesiastes 2:21 (KJV) 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.