1
H559
I said
H3820
in my heart,
H3212
"Come now,
H5254
I will test
H8057
you with mirth:
H7200
therefore enjoy
H2896
pleasure;"
H1892
and behold, this also was vanity.
2
H559
I said
H7814
of laughter,
H1984
"It is foolishness;"
H8057
and of mirth,
H2090
"What
H6213
does it accomplish?"
3
H8446
I searched
H3820
in my heart
H4900
how to cheer
H1320
my
H3196
flesh with wine,
H3820
my heart
H5090
yet guiding
H2451
me with wisdom,
H270
and how to lay hold
H5531
of folly,
H7200
until I might see
H2896
what it was good
H1121
for the sons
H120
of men
H6213
that they should do
H8064
under heaven
H4557
all
H3117
the days
H2416
of their lives.
4
H1431
I made myself great
H4639
works.
H1129
I built
H1004
myself houses.
H5193
I planted
H3754
myself vineyards.
5
H6213
I made
H1593
myself gardens
H6508
and parks,
H5193
and I planted
H6086
trees
H6529
in them of all kinds of fruit.
6
H6213
I made
H1295
myself pools
H4325
of water,
H8248
to water
H3293
from it the forest
H3293
where trees
H6779
were reared.
7
H7069
I bought
H5650
male servants
H8198
and female servants,
H1121
and had servants born
H1004
in my house.
H7235
I also had great
H4735
possessions
H6629
of herds
H1241
and flocks, above
H6440
all who were before
H3389
me in Jerusalem;
8
H3664
I also gathered
H3701
silver
H2091
and gold
H5459
for myself, and the treasure
H4428
of kings
H4082
and of the provinces.
H6213
I got
H7891
myself male
H7891
and female singers,
H8588
and the delights
H1121
of the sons
H120
of men—musical
H7705
instruments, and that of all sorts.
9
H1431
So I was great,
H3254
and increased
H6440
more than all who were before
H3389
me in Jerusalem.
H2451
My wisdom
H5975
also remained with me.
10
H5869
Whatever my eyes
H7592
desired,
H680
I didn't keep
H4513
from them. I didn't withhold
H3820
my heart
H8057
from any joy,
H3820
for my heart
H8056
rejoiced
H5999
because of all my labor,
H2506
and this was my portion
H5999
from all my labor.
11
H6437
Then I looked
H4639
at all the works
H3027
that my hands
H6213
had worked,
H5999
and at the labor
H5999
that I had labored
H6213
to do;
H1892
and behold, all was vanity
H7469
and a chasing
H7307
after wind,
H3504
and there was no profit
H8121
under the sun.
12
H6437
I turned
H7200
myself to consider
H2451
wisdom,
H1947
madness,
H5531
and folly:
H120
for what can the
H4428
king's
H935
H310
successor
H6213
do? Just that which has been done
H3528
long ago.
13
H7200
Then I saw
H3426
that
H2451
wisdom
H3504
excels
H5531
folly,
H216
as far as light
H3504
excels
H2822
darkness.
14
H2450
The wise man's
H5869
eyes
H7218
are in his head,
H3684
and the fool
H1980
walks
H2822
in darkness—and
H3045
yet I perceived
H259
that one
H4745
event
H7136
happens to them all.
15
H227
Then
H559
I said
H3820
in my heart,
H4745
"As it happens
H3684
to the fool,
H7136
so will it happen
H1571
even to me;
H3148
and why was I then more
H2449
wise?"
H1696
Then I said
H3820
in my heart
H1892
that this also is vanity.
16
H2450
For of the wise
H5973
man, even as
H3684
of the fool,
H2146
there is no memory
H5769
for ever,
H3528
since
H3117
in the days
H935
to come
H7911
all will have been long forgotten.
H2450
Indeed, the wise
H4191
man must die
H3684
just like the fool!
17
H8130
So I hated
H2416
life,
H4639
because the work
H6213
that is worked
H8121
under the sun
H7451
was grievous
H1892
to me; for all is vanity
H7469
and a chasing
H7307
after wind.
18
H8130
I hated
H5999
all my labor
H5999
in which I labored
H8121
under the sun,
H3240
because I must leave
H120
it to the man
H310
who comes after me.
19
H3045
Who knows
H2450
whether he will be a wise
H5530
man or a fool?
H7980
Yet he will have rule
H5999
over all of my labor
H5999
in which I have labored,
H2449
and in which I have shown myself wise
H8121
under the sun.
H1892
This also is vanity.
20
H5437
Therefore I began
H2976
to cause
H3820
my heart
H2976
to despair
H5999
concerning all the labor
H5999
in which I had labored
H8121
under the sun.
21
H3426
For there is
H120
a man
H5999
whose labor
H2451
is with wisdom,
H1847
with knowledge,
H5998
and with skillfulness;
H5414
yet he shall leave
H2506
it for his portion
H120
to a man
H5998
who has not labored
H1892
for it. This also is vanity
H7227
and a great
H7451
evil.
22
H1933
For what has
H120
a man
H5999
of all his labor,
H7475
and of the striving
H3820
of his heart,
H1931
in which
H6001
he labors
H8121
under the sun?
23
H3117
For all his days
H4341
are sorrows,
H6045
and his travail
H3708
is grief;
H3915
yes, even in the night
H3820
his heart
H7901
takes no rest.
H1892
This also is vanity.
24
H2896
There is nothing better
H120
for a man
H398
than that he should eat
H8354
and drink,
H5315
and make his soul
H7200
enjoy
H2896
good
H5999
in his labor.
H2090
This
H7200
also I saw,
H3027
that it is from the hand
H430
of God.
26
H120
For to the man
H2896
who pleases
H6440
him,
H5414
God gives
H2451
wisdom,
H1847
knowledge,
H8057
and joy;
H2398
but to the sinner
H5414
he gives
H6045
travail,
H622
to gather
H3664
and to heap up,
H5414
that he may give
H6440
to him who
H2896
pleases
H430
God.
H1892
This also is vanity
H7469
and a chasing
H7307
after wind.