Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
The Emptiness of Pleasure
1 I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;(A) enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
2 I said about laughter,(B) “It is madness,” and about pleasure, “What does this accomplish?”
3 I explored with my mind how to let my body enjoy life(a) with wine(C) and how to grasp folly(D)—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven(b) during the few days of their lives.(E)
Footnotes:
a.
Ecclesiastes 2:3: Lit to pull my body
b.
Ecclesiastes 2:3: Two Hb mss, LXX, Syr read the sun