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Ecclesiastes

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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 2:3-12

3I exploredH8446 with my 1mindH3820 how to 2stimulateH4900 my bodyH1320 with wineH3196 while my 3mindH3820 was guidingH5090 me wiselyH2451, and how to takeH270 holdH270 of 4follyH5531, untilH5704H834 I could seeH7200 5whatH335H2088 goodH2896 there is for the sonsH1121 of menH120 6to doH6213 underH8478 heavenH8064 the fewH4557 7yearsH3117 of their livesH2425. 4I enlargedH1431 my worksH4639: I 8builtH1129 housesH1004 for myself, I plantedH5193 9vineyardsH3754 for myself; 5I madeH6213 10gardensH1593 and 11parksH6508 for myself and I plantedH5193 in them allH3605 kinds of fruitH6529 treesH6086; 6I madeH6213 12pondsH1295 of waterH4325 for myself from which to irrigateH8248 a forestH3293 of growingH6779 treesH6086. 7I boughtH7069 maleH5650 and femaleH8198 slavesH8198H5650 and I hadH1961 1314homebornH1121H1004 slavesH1121. AlsoH1571 I possessed flocksH6629 and 15herdsH1241 largerH7235 thanH4480 allH3605 whoH7945 precededH6440 me in JerusalemH3389. 8AlsoH1571, I collectedH3664 for myself silverH3701 and 16goldH2091 and the treasureH5459 of kingsH4428 and provincesH4082. I providedH6213 for myself 17male and female singersH7891 and the pleasuresH8588 of menH1121H120--manyH7705 concubinesH7705.

9Then I becameH1431 18greatH1431 and increasedH3254 moreH4480 thanH4480 allH3605 whoH7945 precededH6440 me in JerusalemH3389. My wisdomH2451 alsoH637 stoodH5975 by me. 1019AllH3605 that my eyesH5869 desiredH7592 I did not refuseH680 them. I did not withholdH4513 my heartH3820 from anyH3605 pleasureH8057, for my heartH3820 was pleasedH8056 becauseH4480 of allH3605 my laborH5999 and thisH2088 was my 20rewardH2506 for allH3605 my laborH5999. 11Thus I consideredH6437 allH3605 my activitiesH4639 whichH7945 my handsH3027 had doneH6213 and the laborH5999 whichH7945 I had 21exertedH6213, and beholdH2009 allH3605 was 2223vanityH1892 and strivingH7469 after windH7307 and thereH369 was 24noH369 profitH3504 underH8478 the sunH8121.

12So I turnedH6437 to 25considerH7200 wisdomH2451, madnessH1947 and follyH5531; for whatH4100 will the manH120 do whoH7945 will comeH935 afterH310 the kingH4428 except 26whatH834 has alreadyH3528 been doneH6213?

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit heart ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Judg 9:13; Ps 104:15; Eccl 10:19 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit heart ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Eccl 7:25 ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Eccl 2:24; 3:12, 13; 5:18; 6:12; 8:15; 12:13 ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit which they do ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit days ↩
  8. 8. Ecclesiastes 2:4 1 Kin 7:1-12 ↩
  9. 9. Ecclesiastes 2:4 Song 8:11 ↩
  10. 10. Ecclesiastes 2:5 Song 4:16; 5:1 ↩
  11. 11. Ecclesiastes 2:5 Neh 2:8 ↩
  12. 12. Ecclesiastes 2:6 Neh 2:14; 3:15, 16 ↩
  13. 13. Ecclesiastes 2:7 Lit sons of the house ↩
  14. 14. Ecclesiastes 2:7 Gen 14:14; 15:3 ↩
  15. 15. Ecclesiastes 2:7 1 Kin 4:23 ↩
  16. 16. Ecclesiastes 2:8 1 Kin 9:28; 10:10, 14, 21 ↩
  17. 17. Ecclesiastes 2:8 2 Sam 19:35 ↩
  18. 18. Ecclesiastes 2:9 1 Chr 29:25; Eccl 1:16 ↩
  19. 19. Ecclesiastes 2:10 Eccl 6:2 ↩
  20. 20. Ecclesiastes 2:10 Eccl 3:22; 5:18; 9:9 ↩
  21. 21. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit labored to do ↩
  22. 22. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Or futility, and so throughout the ch ↩
  23. 23. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Eccl 1:14; 2:22, 23 ↩
  24. 24. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Eccl 1:3; 3:9; 5:16 ↩
  25. 25. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Eccl 1:17 ↩
  26. 26. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Eccl 1:9, 10; 3:15 ↩

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