Ecclesiastes 2:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ 0 And whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused them not: and I withheld not my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and delighting itself in the things which I had prepared: and esteemed this my portion, to make use of my own labour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ I searched in my mind how to cheer my body with wine–yet at the same time having my mind hold its course and guide me with [human] wisdom–and how to lay hold of folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

Common English Bible

³ I tried cheering myself with wine and by embracing folly—with wisdom still guiding me—until I might see what is really worth doing in the few days that human beings have under heaven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ I decided in my heart to withdraw my flesh from wine, so that I might bring my mind to wisdom, and turn away from foolishness, until I see what is useful for the sons of men, and what they ought to do under the sun, during the number of the days of their life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.

Ecclesiastes 2:3 Cross References

Genesis 47:9

0 And blessing the king, he went out.

Job 14:14

9 Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.

Psalm 104:15

2 The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens.

Proverbs 20:1

The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,

Ecclesiastes 10:19

In the morning sow thy seed, and In the evening let not thy hand cease: for thou knowest not which may rather spring up, this or that: and if both together, it shall be the better.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Shew me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest in the midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of thy companions.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

5 I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:

Ecclesiastes 7:25

Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:

Ecclesiastes 8:15

For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.

Matthew 6:24

2 For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

Ephesians 5:18

7 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any; such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish.

Judges 9:13

8 And you are now risen up against my father's house, and have killed his sons seventy men upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his handmaid king over the inhabitants of Sichem, because he is your brother:

1 Samuel 25:36

1 And she arose and bowed herself down with her face to the earth, and said: Behold, let thy servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.