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1
I said
to myself,
"Come
now,
I will test
you with pleasure.
So enjoy
yourself." And behold,
it too
was futility.
2
I said
of laughter,
"It is madness,"
and of pleasure,
"What
does it accomplish?"
3
I explored
with my mind
how to stimulate
my body
with wine
while my mind
was guiding
me wisely,
and how to take hold
of folly,
until
I could see
what
good
there is for the sons
of men
to do
under
heaven
the few
years
of their lives.
4
I enlarged
my works:
I built
houses
for myself, I planted
vineyards
for myself;
5
I made
gardens
and parks
for myself and I planted
in them all
kinds of fruit
trees;
6
I made
ponds
of water
for myself from which to irrigate
a forest
of growing
trees.
7
I bought
male
and fe
male
slaves
and I had
homeborn
slaves.
Also
I possessed flocks
and herds
larger
than
all
who
preceded
me in Jerusalem.
8
Also,
I collected
for myself silver
and gold
and the treasure
of kings
and provinces.
I provided
for myself male and female singers
and the pleasures
of men--
many
concubines.
9
Then I became great
and increased
more than
all
who
preceded
me in Jerusalem.
My wisdom
also
stood
by me.
10
All
that my eyes
desired
I did not refuse
them. I did not withhold
my heart
from any
pleasure,
for
my heart
was pleased
because
of all
my labor
and this
was my reward
for all
my labor
.
11
Thus I considered
all
my activities
which
my hands
had done
and the labor
which
I had exerted,
and behold
all
was vanity
and striving
after wind
and there was no
profit
under
the sun.
12
So I turned
to consider
wisdom,
madness
and folly;
for what
will the man
do who
will come
after
the king
except what
has already
been done?
13
And I saw
that wisdom
excels
folly
as light
excels
darkness.
14
The wise man's
eyes
are in his head,
but the fool
walks
in darkness.
And yet
I know
that one
fate
befalls
them both.
15
Then I said
to myself,
"As is the fate
of the fool,
it will also
befall
me. Why
then
have I been
extremely
wise?"
So I said
to myself,
"This
too
is vanity."
16
For there is no
lasting
remembrance
of
the wise
man
as with the fool,
inasmuch
as in the coming
days
all
will be forgotten.
And how
the wise
man
and the fool
alike
die!
17
So I hated
life,
for the work
which
had been done
under
the sun
was grievous
to me; because
everything
is futility
and striving
after wind.
18
Thus I hated
all
the fruit of my labor
for which
I had labored
under
the sun,
for I must leave
it to the man
who
will come
after
me.
19
And who
knows
whether he will be a wise man
or
a fool?
Yet he will have control over
all
the fruit of my lab
or
f
or
which
I have lab
or
ed
by acting wisely
under
the sun.
This
too
is vanity.
20
Therefore I completely
despaired
of all
the fruit of my labor
for which
I had labored
under
the sun.
21
When
there
is a man
who
has labored
with wisdom,
knowledge
and skill,
then he gives
his legacy
to one
who
has not labored
with them. This
too
is vanity
and a great
evil.
22
For what
does a man
get
in all
his labor
and in his striving
with which
he labors
under
the sun?
23
Because
all
his days
his task
is painful
and grievous;
even
at night
his mind
does not rest.
This
too
is vanity.
24
There is nothing
better
for a man
than to eat
and drink
and tell
himself
that his labor
is good.
This
also
I have seen
that it is from the hand
of God.
25
For who
can eat
and who
can have enjoyment
without
Him?
26
For to a person
who
is good
in His sight
He has given
wisdom
and knowledge
and joy,
while to the sinner
He has given
the task
of gathering
and collecting
so that he may give
to one
who
is good
in God's
sight.
This
too
is vanity
and striving
after wind.
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