Ecclesiastes 2:2-4

American Standard Version

² I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it? ³ I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet ^[a]guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven ^[b]all the days of their life. ⁴ I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;