2Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
2Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
1 I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.
2 Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
3 I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.
4 I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,
2:2I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
2:2"Laughter," I said, "is foolish. And what does pleasure accomplish?"
2:2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
2:2I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?
2:2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
2:2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
2:2I said of laughter, |It is foolishness;| and of mirth, |What does it accomplish?|
2:2Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What is this it is doing?'
2:2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What does it?