Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - English Standard Version 2016 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 I said to myself, Come, I will make you experience pleasure; enjoy what is good! But this too was pointless! Catholic Public Domain Version 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 I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity. |
Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.
You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.
Then I said in my heart, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
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.
Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.
The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward.
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.