2:1 I
said
in
mine
heart,
Goe
to
now,
I
wil
prooue
thee
with
mirth,
therfore
enioy
pleasure:
and
behold,
this
also
is
vanitie.
2:2 I
saide
of
laughter,
It
is
mad:
and
of
mirth,
What
doeth
it
2:3 I
sought
in
mine
heart
to
giue
my
selfe
vnto
wine,
(yet
acquainting
mine
heart
with
wisedome)
and
to
lay
hold
on
folly,
till
I
might
see
what
was
that
good
for
the
sonnes
of
men,
which
they
should
doe
vnder
the
heauen
all
the
dayes
of
their
life.
2:4 I
made
me
great
workes,
I
builded
mee
houses,
I
planted
mee
Uineyards.
2:5 I
made
mee
gardens
&
orchards,
and
I
planted
trees
in
them
of
all
kinde
of
fruits.
2:6 I
made
mee
pooles
of
water,
to
water
therewith
the
wood
that
bringeth
foorth
trees:
2:7 I
got
me
seruants
and
maydens,
and
had
seruants
borne
in
my
house;
also
I
had
great
possessions
of
great
and
small
cattell,
aboue
all
that
were
in
Ierusalem
before
me.
2:8 I
gathered
mee
also
siluer
and
gold,
and
the
peculiar
treasure
of
kings
and
of
the
prouinces:
I
gate
mee
men
singers
and
women
singers,
and
the
delights
of
the
sonnes
of
men,
as
musical
instruments,
and
that
of
all
sorts.
2:9 So
I
was
great,
and
increased
more
then
all
that
were
before
mee
in
Ierusalem;
also
my
wisedome
remained
with
me.
2:10 And
whatsoeuer
mine
eyes
desired,
I
kept
not
from
them;
I
withheld
not
my
heart
from
any
ioy:
for
my
heart
reioyced
in
all
my
labour;
and
this
was
my
portion
of
all
my
labour.
2:11 Then
I
looked
on
all
the
workes
that
my
hands
had
wrought,
and
on
the
labour
that
I
had
laboured
to
doe:
and
behold,
all
was
vanitie,
and
vexation
of
spirit,
and
there
was
no
profit
vnder
the
Sunne.
2:12 And
I
turned
my
selfe
to
behold
wisedome,
and
madnesse
and
folly:
for
what
can
the
man
doe,
that
commeth
after
the
king
euen
that
which
hath
bene
already
done.
2:13 Then
I
saw
that
wisedome
excelleth
folly,
as
farre
as
light
excelleth
darkenesse.
2:14 The
wise
mans
eyes
are
in
his
head,
but
the
foole
walketh
in
darknes:
and
I
my
selfe
perceiued
also
that
one
euent
happeneth
to
them
all.
2:15 Then
said
I
in
my
heart,
As
it
happeneth
to
the
foole,
so
it
happeneth
euen
to
me,
and
why
was
I
then
more
wise
then
I
said
in
my
heart,
That
this
also
is
vanitie.
2:16 For
there
is
no
remembrance
of
the
wise,
more
then
of
the
foole
for
euer;
seeing
that
which
now
is,
in
the
dayes
to
come
shall
be
forgotten;
and
how
dieth
the
wise
man
as
the
foole.
2:17 Therefore
I
hated
life,
because
the
worke
that
is
wrought
vnder
the
Sunne
is
grieuous
vnto
mee:
for
all
is
vanitie,
and
vexation
of
spirit.
2:18 Yea
I
hated
all
my
labour
which
I
had
taken
vnder
the
Sunne:
because
I
should
leaue
it
vnto
the
man
that
shalbe
after
mee.
2:19 And
who
knoweth
whether
he
shall
be
a
wise
man
or
a
foole
yet
shall
he
haue
rule
ouer
all
my
labour,
wherein
I
haue
laboured,
and
wherein
I
haue
shewed
my
selfe
wise
vnder
the
Sunne.
This
is
also
vanitie.
2:20 Therefore
I
went
about
to
cause
my
heart
to
despaire
of
all
the
labour
which
I
tooke
vnder
the
Sunne.
2:21 For
there
is
a
man
whose
labour
is
in
wisedome
and
in
knowledge,
and
in
equitie:
yet
to
a
man
that
hath
not
laboured
therein,
shall
hee
leaue
it
for
his
portion;
This
also
is
vanitie,
and
a
great
euill.
2:22 For
what
hath
man
of
all
his
labour,
and
of
the
vexation
of
his
heart
wherein
hee
hath
laboured
vnder
the
Sunne
2:23 For
all
his
dayes
are
sorrowes,
and
his
traueile,
griefe;
yea
his
heart
taketh
not
rest
in
the
night.
This
is
also
vanitie.
2:24 There
is
nothing
better
for
a
man,
then
that
he
should
eat
and
drinke,
and
that
he
should
make
his
soule
enioy
good
in
his
labour.
This
also
I
saw,
that
it
was
from
the
hand
of
God.
2:25 For
who
can
eate
or
who
else
can
hasten
hereunto
more
then
I
2:26 For
God
giueth
to
a
man
that
is
good
in
his
sight,
wisedome,
and
knowledge,
and
ioy:
but
to
the
sinner
hee
giueth
traueile,
to
gather
and
to
heape
vp
that
he
may
giue
to
him
that
is
good
before
God:
This
also
is
vanitie
and
vexation
of
spirit.