1I thought in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good." But that also proved to be meaningless.


In Context

1 I thought in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good." But that also proved to be meaningless.

2 "Laughter," I said, "is foolish. And what does pleasure accomplish?"

3 I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly-my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 2:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:1I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:1I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1I said in my heart, |Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;| and behold, this also was vanity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1I said in my heart, 'Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it is vanity.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:1I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove you with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.