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Ecclesiastes

2

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3

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

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American Standard Version I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
King James Bible I searched sought in my mine heart how to cheer my flesh with give myself unto wine, my yet acquainting mine heart yet guiding me with wisdom, wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was that good for the sons of men that men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Hebrew Greek English I searched in explored with my heart mind how to cheer stimulate my flesh body with wine, wine while my heart yet mind was guiding me with wisdom, wisely, and how to lay take hold on of folly, till until I might could see what it was good there is for the sons of men that they should to do under heaven all the days few years of their life.lives.
New American Standard Bible 1995 I searched in explored with my heart mind how to cheer stimulate my flesh body with wine, wine while my heart yet mind was guiding me with wisdom, wisely, and how to lay take hold on of folly, till until I might could see what it was good there is for the sons of men that they should to do under heaven all the days few years of their life.lives.