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Ecclesiastes 2:3

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I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

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Ecclesiastes 2:3 in other translations

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 2:3 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:3 in context

  1. 1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
  2. 2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
  3. 3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
  4. 4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
  5. 5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;