Ecclesiastes 2:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ I said to myself, “Come now, I will make a test of pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But again, this also was vanity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ I SAID in my mind, Come now, I will prove you with mirth and test you with pleasure; so have a good time [enjoy pleasure]. But this also was vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! [Luke 12:19, 20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

Common English Bible

¹ I said to myself, Come, I will make you experience pleasure; enjoy what is good! But this too was pointless!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ I said in my heart: "I will go forth and overflow with delights, and I will enjoy good things." And I saw that this, too, is emptiness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:1 Cross References

Genesis 11:7

Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

2 Kings 5:5

And the king of Aram said, “Go, then, and I will send along a letter to the king of Israel.” He went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of garments.

Psalm 10:6

They think in their heart, “We shall not be moved; throughout all generations we shall not meet adversity.”

Psalm 14:1

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.

Psalm 27:8

“Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!” Your face, Lord, do I seek.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure from all my toil, and this was my reward from all my toil.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also; why then have I been so very wise?” And I said to myself that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:25

for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I commend enjoyment, for there is nothing better for people under the sun than to eat and drink and enjoy themselves, for this will go with them in their toil through the days of life that God gives them under the sun.

Isaiah 5:5

And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.

Isaiah 50:11

But all of you are kindlers of fire, lighters of firebrands. Walk in the flame of your fire and among the brands that you have kindled! This is what you shall have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn backward.

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’

Luke 16:19

“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

Luke 16:23

In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.”

James 5:1

Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you.

James 5:5

You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.