Ecclesiastes 2:2 - Easy To Read Version

² It is foolish to laugh all the time. Having fun doesn’t do any good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² I said of laughter, It is mad, and of pleasure, What does it accomplish?

American Standard Version (1901)

² I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?

Common English Bible

² Merriment, I thought, is madness; pleasure, of no use at all.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Laughter, I considered an error. And to rejoicing, I said: "Why are you being deceived, to no purpose?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?

Ecclesiastes 2:2 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 14:13

A person might be sad, even if he is laughing. And after the laughter, the sadness will still be there.

Proverbs 17:22

Happiness is like good medicine. But sorrow is like a sickness.