2Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What is this it is doing?'
2Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What is this it is doing?'
1 I said in my heart, 'Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it is vanity.
2 Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What is this it is doing?'
3 I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where is this — the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.
4 I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me 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?"
2:2Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
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?|
2:2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What does it?