1 I said 559 in mine heart 3820, Go to now 3212, I will prove 5254 thee with mirth 8057, therefore enjoy 7200 pleasure 2896: and, behold, this also is vanity 1892.
2 I said 559 of laughter 7814, It is mad 1984: and of mirth 8057, What 2090 doeth 6213 it?
3 I sought 8446 in mine heart 3820 to give 4900 myself 1320 unto wine 3196, yet acquainting 5090 mine heart 3820 with wisdom 2451; and to lay hold 270 on folly 5531, till I might see 7200 what was that good 2896 for the sons 1121 of men 120, which they should do 6213 under the heaven 8064 all 4557 the days 3117 of their life 2416.
4 I made me great 1431 works 4639; I builded 1129 me houses 1004; I planted 5193 me vineyards 3754:
5 I made 6213 me gardens 1593 and orchards 6508, and I planted 5193 trees 6086 in them of all kind of fruits 6529:
6 I made 6213 me pools 1295 of water 4325, to water 8248 therewith the wood 3293 that bringeth forth 6779 trees 6086:
7 I got 7069 me servants 5650 and maidens 8198, and had servants born 1121 in my house 1004; also I had great 7235 possessions 4735 of great 1241 and small cattle 6629 above all that were in Jerusalem 3389 before 6440 me:
8 I gathered 3664 me also silver 3701 and gold 2091, and the peculiar 5459 treasure of kings 4428 and of the provinces 4082: I gat 6213 me men singers 7891 and women singers 7891, and the delights 8588 of the sons 1121 of men 120, as musical instruments 7705 7705, and that of all sorts.
9 So I was great 1431, and increased 3254 more than all that were before 6440 me in Jerusalem 3389: also my wisdom 2451 remained 5975 with me.
10 And whatsoever mine eyes 5869 desired 7592 I kept 680 not from them, I withheld 4513 not my heart 3820 from any joy 8057; for my heart 3820 rejoiced 8056 in all my labour 5999: and this was my portion 2506 of all my labour 5999.
11 Then I looked 6437 on all the works 4639 that my hands 3027 had wrought 6213, and on the labour 5999 that I had laboured 5998 to do 6213: and, behold, all was vanity 1892 and vexation 7469 of spirit 7307, and there was no profit 3504 under the sun 8121.
12 And I turned 6437 myself to behold 7200 wisdom 2451, and madness 1947, and folly 5531: for what can the man 120 do that cometh 935 after 310 the king 4428? even that which hath been already 3528 done 6213.
13 Then I saw 7200 that 3426 wisdom 2451 excelleth 3504 folly 5531, as far as light 216 excelleth 3504 darkness 2822.
14 The wise man's 2450 eyes 5869 are in his head 7218; but the fool 3684 walketh 1980 in darkness 2822: and I myself perceived 3045 also that one 259 event 4745 happeneth 7136 to them all.
15 Then 227 said 559 I in my heart 3820, As it happeneth 4745 to the fool 3684, so it happeneth 7136 even to me 1571; and why was I then more 3148 wise 2449? Then I said 1696 in my heart 3820, that this also is vanity 1892.
16 For there is no remembrance 2146 of the wise 2450 more than 5973 of the fool 3684 for ever 5769; seeing that which now 3528 is in the days 3117 to come 935 shall all be forgotten 7911. And how dieth 4191 the wise 2450 man? as the fool 3684.
17 Therefore I hated 8130 life 2416; because the work 4639 that is wrought 6213 under the sun 8121 is grievous 7451 unto me: for all is vanity 1892 and vexation 7469 of spirit 7307.
18 Yea, I hated 8130 all my labour 5999 which I had taken 6001 under the sun 8121: because I should leave 3240 it unto the man 120 that shall be after 310 me.
19 And who knoweth 3045 whether he shall be a wise 2450 man or a fool 5530? yet shall he have rule 7980 over all my labour 5999 wherein I have laboured 5998, and wherein I have shewed myself wise 2449 under the sun 8121. This is also vanity 1892.
20 Therefore I went about 5437 to cause 2976 0 my heart 3820 to despair 2976 of all the labour 5999 which I took 5998 under the sun 8121.
21 For there is 3426 a man 120 whose labour 5999 is in wisdom 2451, and in knowledge 1847, and in equity 3788; yet to a man 120 that hath not laboured 5998 therein shall he leave 5414 it for his portion 2506. This also is vanity 1892 and a great 7227 evil 7451.
22 For what hath 1933 man 120 of all his labour 5999, and of the vexation 7475 of his heart 3820, wherein 1931 he hath laboured 6001 under the sun 8121?
23 For all his days 3117 are sorrows 4341, and his travail 6045 grief 3708; yea, his heart 3820 taketh not rest 7901 in the night 3915. This is also vanity 1892.
24 There is nothing better 2896 for a man 120, than that he should eat 398 and drink 8354, and that he should make his soul 5315 enjoy 7200 good 2896 in his labour 5999. This 2090 also I saw 7200, that it was from the hand 3027 of God 430.
25 For who can eat 398, or who else can hasten 2363 hereunto, more 2351 than I?
26 For God giveth 5414 to a man 120 that is good 2896 in his sight 6440 wisdom 2451, and knowledge 1847, and joy 8057: but to the sinner 2398 he giveth 5414 travail 6045, to gather 622 and to heap up 3664, that he may give 5414 to him that is good 2896 before 6440 God 430. This also is vanity 1892 and vexation 7469 of spirit 7307.