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Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
1599 Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
1599 Geneva Bible
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any joy: for mine heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my [a]portion of all my travail.
11 Then I looked on all my works that mine hands had wrought, and on the travail that I had labored to do: and behold, all is vanity and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profit under the Sun.
12 ¶ And I turned to behold [b]wisdom, and madness, and folly: (for who is the man that [c]will come after the King in things, which men now have done?)
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- Ecclesiastes 2:10 This was the fruit of all my labor, a certain pleasure mixed with care, which he calleth vanity in the next verse.
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 I bethought with myself whether it were better to follow wisdom, or mine own affections and pleasures, which he calleth madness.
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 Or, compare with the King.
Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
New International Version
10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
and this was the reward for all my toil.
11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;(A)
nothing was gained under the sun.(B)
Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless
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