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CHAP. II.
1 The vanitie of humane courses in the workes
of pleasure. 12 Though the wise be better
then the foole, yet both haue one euent. 18
The vanitie of humane labour, in leauing it
they know not to whom. 24 Nothing better
then ioy in our labour, but that is Gods gift.
1
I said in mine heart, Goe
to now, I wil prooue thee
with mirth, therfore enioy
pleasure: and behold, this
also is vanitie.
-- --
The vanitie of all worldly things.
2
I saide of laughter, It is mad:
and of mirth, What doeth it?
3
noteI sought in mine heart note to giue
my selfe vnto wine, (yet acquainting
mine heart with wisedome) and to lay
hold on folly, till I might see what was
that good for the sonnes of men, which
they should doe vnder the heauen note all
the dayes of their life.
4
I made me great workes, I builded
mee houses, I planted mee Uineyards.
5
I made mee gardens ∧ orchards,
and I planted trees in them of all kinde
of fruits.
6
I made mee pooles of water, to
water therewith the wood that bringeth
foorth trees:
7
I got me seruants and maydens,
and had note seruants borne in my house;
also I had great possessions of great
and small cattell, aboue all that were in
Ierusalem before me.
8
noteI gathered mee also siluer and
gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings
and of the prouinces: I gate mee men
singers and women singers, and the delights
of the sonnes of men, note as musical
instruments, and that of all sorts.
9
So I was great, and increased
more then all that were before mee in
Ierusalem; also my wisedome remained
with me.
10
And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired,
I kept not from them; I withheld
not my heart from any ioy: for
my heart reioyced in all my labour; and
this was my portion of all my labour.
11
Then I looked on all the workes
that my hands had wrought, and on
the labour that I had laboured to doe:
and behold, all was note vanitie, and vexation
of spirit, and there was no profit vnder
the Sunne.
12
¶ And I turned my selfe to behold
wisedome, note and madnesse and folly:
for what can the man doe, that commeth
after the king? note euen that which
hath bene already done.
13
Then I saw note that wisedome excelleth
folly, as farre as light excelleth
darkenesse.
14
noteThe wise mans eyes are in his
head, but the foole walketh in darknes:
and I my selfe perceiued also that one
euent happeneth to them all.
15
Then said I in my heart, As it
happeneth to the foole, so it note happeneth
euen to me, and why was I then more
The vanitie of all worldly things.
wise? then I said in my heart, That
this also is vanitie.
16
For there is no remembrance of the
wise, more then of the foole for euer; seeing
that which now is, in the dayes to
come shall be forgotten; and how dieth
the wise man? as the foole.
17
Therefore I hated life, because
the worke that is wrought vnder the
Sunne is grieuous vnto mee: for all is
vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
18
¶ Yea I hated all my labour
which I had note taken vnder the Sunne:
because I should leaue it vnto the man
that shalbe after mee.
19
noteAnd who knoweth whether he
shall be a wise man or a foole? yet shall
he haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein
I haue laboured, and wherein I
haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the
Sunne. This is also vanitie.
20
Therefore I went about to cause
my heart to despaire of all the labour
which I tooke vnder the Sunne.
21
For there is a man whose labour
is in wisedome and in knowledge, and
in equitie: yet to a man that hath not
laboured therein, shall hee note leaue it for
his portion; This also is vanitie, and a
great euill.
22
noteFor what hath man of all his
labour, and of the vexation of his heart
wherein hee hath laboured vnder the
Sunne?
23
For all his dayes are note sorrowes,
and his traueile, griefe; yea his heart
taketh not rest in the night. This is also
vanitie.
24
¶ note There is nothing better for a
man, then that he should eat and drinke,
and that he note should make his soule enioy
good in his labour. This also I
saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25
For who can eate? or who else
can hasten hereunto more then I?
26
For God giueth to a man that is
good note in his sight, wisedome, and
knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner
hee giueth traueile, to gather and to
heape vp that note he may giue to him that
is good before God: This also is vanitie
and vexation of spirit.
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King James Bible, 1611 [1611], THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Testament, AND THE NEW: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall C&obar;mandement Appointed to be read in Churches (Imprinted... by Robert Barker [etc.], London) [word count] [B10000].
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