Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 - King James Strong Number Version

1: I said <H0559> in mine heart, <H3820> Go to <H3212> now, I will prove <H5254> thee with mirth, <H8057> therefore enjoy <H7200> pleasure: <H2896> and, behold, this also [is] vanity. <H1892>
2: I said <H0559> of laughter, <H7814> [It is] mad: <H1984> and of mirth, <H8057> What doeth <H6213> it? <H2090>
3: I 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 <H0270> on folly, <H5531> till I might see <H7200> what [was] that good <H2896> for the sons <H1121> of men, <H0120> which they should do <H6213> under the heaven <H8064> all <H4557> the days <H3117> of their life. <H2416>
4: I made me great <H1431> works; <H4639> I builded <H1129> me houses; <H1004> I planted <H5193> me vineyards: <H3754>
5: I made <H6213> me gardens <H1593> and orchards, <H6508> and I planted <H5193> trees <H6086> in them of all [kind of] fruits: <H6529>
6: I made <H6213> me pools <H1295> of water, <H4325> to water <H8248> therewith the wood <H3293> that bringeth forth <H6779> trees: <H6086>
7: I 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:
8: I 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, <H0120> [as] musical instruments, <H7705> and that of all sorts. <H7705>
9: So 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.
10: And whatsoever mine eyes <H5869> desired <H7592> I kept <H0680> 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>
11: Then 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>
12: And I turned <H6437> myself to behold <H7200> wisdom, <H2451> and madness, <H1947> and folly: <H5531> for what [can] the man <H0120> [do] that cometh <H0935> after <H0310> the king? <H4428> [even] that which hath been already <H3528> done. <H6213>
13: Then I saw <H7200> that <H3426> wisdom <H2451> excelleth <H3504> folly, <H5531> as far as light <H0216> excelleth <H3504> darkness. <H2822>
14: The 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 <H0259> event <H4745> happeneth <H7136> to them all.
15: Then said <H0559> I in my heart, <H3820> As it happeneth <H4745> to the fool, <H3684> so it happeneth <H7136> even to me; and why was I then <H0227> more <H3148> wise? <H2449> Then I said <H1696> in my heart, <H3820> that this also <H1571> [is] vanity. <H1892>
16: For [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 <H0935> shall all be forgotten. <H7911> And how dieth <H4191> the wise <H2450> [man]? as the fool. <H3684>
17: Therefore 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>
18: Yea, 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 <H0120> that shall be after <H0310> me.
19: And 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>
20: Therefore I went about <H5437> to cause my heart <H3820> to despair <H2976> of all the labour <H5999> which I took <H5998> under the sun. <H8121>
21: For there is <H3426> a man <H0120> whose labour <H5999> [is] in wisdom, <H2451> and in knowledge, <H1847> and in equity; <H3788> yet to a man <H0120> 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>
22: For what hath <H1933> man <H0120> of all his labour, <H5999> and of the vexation <H7475> of his heart, <H3820> wherein <H1931> he hath laboured <H6001> under the sun? <H8121>
23: For 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>
24: [There is] nothing better <H2896> for a man, <H0120> [than] that he should eat <H0398> 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. <H0430>
25: For who can eat, <H0398> or who else can hasten <H2363> [hereunto], more <H2351> than I?
26: For [God] giveth <H5414> to a man <H0120> 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 <H0622> and to heap up, <H3664> that he may give <H5414> to [him that is] good <H2896> before <H6440> God. <H0430> This also [is] vanity <H1892> and vexation <H7469> of spirit. <H7307>