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Ecclesiastes 2:2-4
Lexham English Bible

2 I said of laughter, “It is folly!” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”[a] 3 I also explored[b] the effects of indulging my flesh[c] with wine. My mind guiding me with wisdom, I investigated[d] folly so that I might discover what is good under heaven[e] for humans[f] to do during the days of their lives.[g]

Qohelet’s Investigation of Personal Accomplishment

4 I accomplished great things.[h] I built for myself houses; I planted for myself vineyards.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:2 Literally “What does it give?”
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Literally “I searched in my mind”
  3. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Literally “to cheer my flesh”
  4. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Literally “laid hold of”
  5. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Follows MT; two medieval Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, Peshitta read, “under the sun,” cf. 1:3, 9, etc.
  6. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Literally “the sons of the man”
  7. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Literally “the number of the days of their lives”
  8. Ecclesiastes 2:4 Literally “I made great my works”
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