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Ecclesiastes 2:1-2
Lexham English Bible

Qohelet’s Investigation of Self-Indulgence

2 I said to myself,[a] “Come! I will test[b] pleasure to see whether it is worthwhile.”[c] But look, “This also is vanity!” 2 I said of laughter, “It is folly!” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:1 Literally “to my heart”
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:1 The MT reads “I will test you,” but the BHS editors propose “I will test …” Whether or not one adopts MT, Qohelet is speaking to himself
  3. Ecclesiastes 2:1 Literally “and look at goodness”; this idiom refers to the enjoyment of life
  4. Ecclesiastes 2:2 Literally “What does it give?”
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