Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Emptiness of Pleasure
2 I said to myself, ‘Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;(A) enjoy what is good.’ But it turned out to be futile. 2 I said about laughter,(B) ‘It is madness,’ and about pleasure, ‘What does this accomplish? ’ 3 I explored with my mind the pull of wine(C) on my body – my mind still guiding me with wisdom – and how to grasp folly,(D) until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven[a] during the few days of their lives.(E)
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- 2:3 Two Hb mss, LXX, Syr read the sun
Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
10 All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them.(A) I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.(B) 11 When I considered all that I had accomplished[a] and what I had laboured to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.[b],(C) There was nothing to be gained under the sun.(D)
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