Ecclesiastes 2 (kjv)

I said^H559 in mine heart^H3820, Go to now^H3212, I will prove^H5254 thee with mirth^H8057, therefore enjoy^H7200 pleasure^H2896: and, behold, this also is vanity^H1892.²I said^H559 of laughter^H7814, It is mad^H1984: and of mirth^H8057, What^H2090 doeth^H6213 it?³I sought^H8446 in mine heart^H3820 to give^H4900 myself^H1320 unto wine^H3196, yet acquainting^H5090 mine heart^H3820 with wisdom^H2451; and to lay hold^H270 on folly^H5531, till I might see^H7200 what was that good^H2896 for the sons^H1121 of men^H120, which they should do^H6213 under the heaven^H8064 all^H4557 the days^H3117 of their life^H2416.⁴I made me great^H1431 works^H4639; I builded^H1129 me houses^H1004; I planted^H5193 me vineyards^H3754:⁵I made^H6213 me gardens^H1593 and orchards^H6508, and I planted^H5193 trees^H6086 in them of all kind of fruits^H6529:⁶I made^H6213 me pools^H1295 of water^H4325, to water^H8248 therewith the wood^H3293 that bringeth forth^H6779 trees^H6086:⁷I got^H7069 me servants^H5650 and maidens^H8198, and had servants born^H1121 in my house^H1004; also I had great^H7235 possessions^H4735 of great^H1241 and small cattle^H6629 above all that were in Jerusalem^H3389 before^H6440 me:⁸I gathered^H3664 me also silver^H3701 and gold^H2091, and the peculiar treasure^H5459 of kings^H4428 and of the provinces^H4082: I gat^H6213 me men singers^H7891 and women singers^H7891, and the delights^H8588 of the sons^H1121 of men^H120, as musical instruments^{H7705 H7705}, and that of all sorts.⁹So I was great^H1431, and increased^H3254 more than all that were before^H6440 me in Jerusalem^H3389: also my wisdom^H2451 remained^H5975 with me.¹⁰And whatsoever mine eyes^H5869 desired^H7592 I kept^H680 not from them, I withheld^H4513 not my heart^H3820 from any joy^H8057; for my heart^H3820 rejoiced^H8056 in all my labour^H5999: and this was my portion^H2506 of all my labour^H5999.¹¹Then I looked^H6437 on all the works^H4639 that my hands^H3027 had wrought^H6213, and on the labour^H5999 that I had laboured^H5998 to do^H6213: and, behold, all was vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7469 of spirit^H7307, and there was no profit^H3504 under the sun^H8121.

¹²And I turned^H6437 myself to behold^H7200 wisdom^H2451, and madness^H1947, and folly^H5531: for what can the man^H120 do that cometh^H935 after^H310 the king^H4428? even that which hath been already^H3528 done^H6213.¹³Then I saw^H7200 that^H3426 wisdom^H2451 excelleth^H3504 folly^H5531, as far as light^H216 excelleth^H3504 darkness^H2822.¹⁴The wise man's^H2450 eyes^H5869 are in his head^H7218; but the fool^H3684 walketh^H1980 in darkness^H2822: and I myself perceived^H3045 also that one^H259 event^H4745 happeneth^H7136 to them all.¹⁵Then^H227 said^H559 I in my heart^H3820, As it happeneth^H4745 to the fool^H3684, so it happeneth^H7136 even to me^H1571; and why was I then more^H3148 wise^H2449? Then I said^H1696 in my heart^H3820, that this also is vanity^H1892.¹⁶For there is no remembrance^H2146 of the wise^H2450 more than^H5973 of the fool^H3684 for ever^H5769; seeing that which now^H3528 is in the days^H3117 to come^H935 shall all be forgotten^H7911. And how dieth^H4191 the wise^H2450 man? as the fool^H3684.¹⁷Therefore I hated^H8130 life^H2416; because the work^H4639 that is wrought^H6213 under the sun^H8121 is grievous^H7451 unto me: for all is vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7469 of spirit^H7307.

¹⁸Yea, I hated^H8130 all my labour^H5999 which I had taken^H6001 under the sun^H8121: because I should leave^H3240 it unto the man^H120 that shall be after^H310 me.¹⁹And who knoweth^H3045 whether he shall be a wise^H2450 man or a fool^H5530? yet shall he have rule^H7980 over all my labour^H5999 wherein I have laboured^H5998, and wherein I have shewed myself wise^H2449 under the sun^H8121. This is also vanity^H1892.²⁰Therefore I went about^H5437 to cause^H2976 my heart^H3820 to despair^H2976 of all the labour^H5999 which I took^H5998 under the sun^H8121.²¹For there is^H3426 a man^H120 whose labour^H5999 is in wisdom^H2451, and in knowledge^H1847, and in equity^H3788; yet to a man^H120 that hath not laboured^H5998 therein shall he leave^H5414 it for his portion^H2506. This also is vanity^H1892 and a great^H7227 evil^H7451.²²For what hath^H1933 man^H120 of all his labour^H5999, and of the vexation^H7475 of his heart^H3820, wherein^H1931 he hath laboured^H6001 under the sun^H8121?²³For all his days^H3117 are sorrows^H4341, and his travail^H6045 grief^H3708; yea, his heart^H3820 taketh not rest^H7901 in the night^H3915. This is also vanity^H1892.

²⁴There is nothing better^H2896 for a man^H120, than that he should eat^H398 and drink^H8354, and that he should make his soul^H5315 enjoy^H7200 good^H2896 in his labour^H5999. This^H2090 also I saw^H7200, that it was from the hand^H3027 of God^H430.²⁵For who can eat^H398, or who else can hasten^H2363 hereunto, more^H2351 than I?²⁶For God giveth^H5414 to a man^H120 that is good^H2896 in his sight^H6440 wisdom^H2451, and knowledge^H1847, and joy^H8057: but to the sinner^H2398 he giveth^H5414 travail^H6045, to gather^H622 and to heap up^H3664, that he may give^H5414 to him that is good^H2896 before^H6440 God^H430. This also is vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7469 of spirit^H7307.