Ecclesiastes 2:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I said about laughter, ‘It is madness,’ and about pleasure, ‘What does this accomplish? ’

Tuilleadh leaganacha

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

I said of laughter, It is mad, and of pleasure, What does it accomplish?

I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?

Merriment, I thought, is madness; pleasure, of no use at all.

Laughter, I considered an error. And to rejoicing, I said: "Why are you being deceived, to no purpose?"

Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?

Even in laughter a heart may be sad, and joy may end in grief.

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Naisc urraithe