2:1 I
said
in
my
heart,
"Come
now,
I
will
test
you
with
pleasure;
enjoy
yourself."
But
behold,
this
also
was
vanity.
2:2 I
said
of
laughter,
"It
is
mad,"
and
of
pleasure,
"What
use
is
it"
2:3 I
searched
with
my
heart
how
to
cheer
my
body
with
wine--my
heart
still
guiding
me
with
wisdom--and
how
to
lay
hold
on
folly,
till
I
might
see
what
was
good
for
the
children
of
man
to
do
under
heaven
during
the
few
days
of
their
life.
2:4 I
made
great
works.
I
built
houses
and
planted
vineyards
for
myself.
2:5 I
made
myself
gardens
and
parks,
and
planted
in
them
all
kinds
of
fruit
trees.
2:6 I
made
myself
pools
from
which
to
water
the
forest
of
growing
trees.
2:7 I
bought
male
and
female
slaves,
and
had
slaves
who
were
born
in
my
house.
I
had
also
great
possessions
of
herds
and
flocks,
more
than
any
who
had
been
before
me
in
Jerusalem.
2:8 I
also
gathered
for
myself
silver
and
gold
and
the
treasure
of
kings
and
provinces.
I
got
singers,
both
men
and
women,
and
many
concubines,
the
delight
of
the
children
of
man.
2:9 So
I
became
great
and
surpassed
all
who
were
before
me
in
Jerusalem.
Also
my
wisdom
remained
with
me.
2:10 And
whatever
my
eyes
desired
I
did
not
keep
from
them.
I
kept
my
heart
from
no
pleasure,
for
my
heart
found
pleasure
in
all
my
toil,
and
this
was
my
reward
for
all
my
toil.
2:11 Then
I
considered
all
that
my
hands
had
done
and
the
toil
I
had
expended
in
doing
it,
and
behold,
all
was
vanity
and
a
striving
after
wind,
and
there
was
nothing
to
be
gained
under
the
sun.
2:12 So
I
turned
to
consider
wisdom
and
madness
and
folly.
For
what
can
the
man
do
who
comes
after
the
king
Only
what
has
already
been
done.
2:13 Then
I
saw
that
there
is
more
gain
in
wisdom
than
in
folly,
as
there
is
more
gain
in
light
than
in
darkness.
2:14 The
wise
person
has
his
eyes
in
his
head,
but
the
fool
walks
in
darkness.
And
yet
I
perceived
that
the
same
event
happens
to
all
of
them.
2:15 Then
I
said
in
my
heart,
"What
happens
to
the
fool
will
happen
to
me
also.
Why
then
have
I
been
so
very
wise"
And
I
said
in
my
heart
that
this
also
is
vanity.
2:16 For
of
the
wise
as
of
the
fool
there
is
no
enduring
remembrance,
seeing
that
in
the
days
to
come
all
will
have
been
long
forgotten.
How
the
wise
dies
just
like
the
fool!
2:17 So
I
hated
life,
because
what
is
done
under
the
sun
was
grievous
to
me,
for
all
is
vanity
and
a
striving
after
wind.
2:18 I
hated
all
my
toil
in
which
I
toil
under
the
sun,
seeing
that
I
must
leave
it
to
the
man
who
will
come
after
me,
2:19 and
who
knows
whether
he
will
be
wise
or
a
fool
Yet
he
will
be
master
of
all
for
which
I
toiled
and
used
my
wisdom
under
the
sun.
This
also
is
vanity.
2:20 So
I
turned
about
and
gave
my
heart
up
to
despair
over
all
the
toil
of
my
labors
under
the
sun,
2:21 because
sometimes
a
person
who
has
toiled
with
wisdom
and
knowledge
and
skill
must
leave
everything
to
be
enjoyed
by
someone
who
did
not
toil
for
it.
This
also
is
vanity
and
a
great
evil.
2:22 What
has
a
man
from
all
the
toil
and
striving
of
heart
with
which
he
toils
beneath
the
sun
2:23 For
all
his
days
are
full
of
sorrow,
and
his
work
is
a
vexation.
Even
in
the
night
his
heart
does
not
rest.
This
also
is
vanity.
2:24 There
is
nothing
better
for
a
person
than
that
he
should
eat
and
drink
and
find
enjoyment
in
his
toil.
This
also,
I
saw,
is
from
the
hand
of
God,
2:25 for
apart
from
him
who
can
eat
or
who
can
have
enjoyment
2:26 For
to
the
one
who
pleases
him
God
has
given
wisdom
and
knowledge
and
joy,
but
to
the
sinner
he
has
given
the
business
of
gathering
and
collecting,
only
to
give
to
one
who
pleases
God.
This
also
is
vanity
and
a
striving
after
wind.