Ecclesiastes 2:2 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

² I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”

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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?

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Proverbs 14:13

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

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.