Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹ I said to myself, ‘Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;  enjoy what is good.’ But it turned out to be futile.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 11:7

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

2 Kings 5:5

Therefore, the king of Aram said, ‘Go, and I will send a letter with you to the king of Israel.’ So he went and took with him 350 kilograms  of silver, 70 kilograms  of gold, and ten sets of clothing.

Proverbs 14:13

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

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young person, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desire of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgement.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them.  I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

So I said to myself, ‘What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise? ’  And I said to myself that this is also futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:25

because who can eat and who can enjoy life  apart from him?

Ecclesiastes 7:4

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

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,  for this will accompany him in his labour during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Isaiah 5:5

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Isaiah 50:11

Look, all you who kindle a fire, who encircle yourselves with   torches; walk in the light of your fire and of the torches you have lit! This is what you’ll get from my hand: you will lie down in a place of torment.

Isaiah 50:5

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

Luke 12:19

Then I’ll say to myself, ‘You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy;   eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’ ”

Luke 16:19

‘There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen,   feasting lavishly every day.

Luke 16:23

And being in torment   in Hades,   he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions  and pleasures,  living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.’

James 5:1

Come now, you rich  people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

James 5:5

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts  in a day of slaughter.