1
I
said
in
mine
heart,
Go
to
now,
I
will
prove
thee
with
mirth,
therefore
enjoy
pleasure:
and,
behold,
this
also
[is]
vanity.
2
I
said
of
laughter,
[It
is]
mad:
and
of
mirth,
What
doeth
3
I
sought
in
mine
heart
to
give
myself
unto
wine,
yet
acquainting
mine
heart
with
wisdom;
and
to
lay
hold
on
folly,
till
I
might
see
what
[was]
that
good
for
the
sons
of
men,
which
they
should
do
under
the
heaven
all
the
days
of
their
life.
4
I
made
me
great
works;
I
builded
me
houses;
I
planted
me
vineyards:
5
I
made
me
gardens
and
orchards,
and
I
planted
trees
in
them
of
all
[kind
of]
fruits:
6
I
made
me
pools
of
water,
to
water
therewith
the
wood
that
bringeth
forth
trees:
7
I
got
[me]
servants
and
maidens,
and
had
servants
born
in
my
house;
also
I
had
great
possessions
of
great
and
small
cattle
above
all
that
were
in
Jerusalem
before
8
I
gathered
me
also
silver
and
gold,
and
the
peculiar
treasure
of
kings
and
of
the
provinces:
I
gat
me
men
singers
and
women
singers,
and
the
delights
of
the
sons
of
men,
[as]
musical
instruments,
and
that
of
all
sorts.
9
So
I
was
great,
and
increased
more
than
all
that
were
before
me
in
Jerusalem:
also
my
wisdom
remained
with
10
And
whatsoever
mine
eyes
desired
I
kept
not
from
them,
I
withheld
not
my
heart
from
any
joy;
for
my
heart
rejoiced
in
all
my
labour:
and
this
was
my
portion
of
all
my
labour.
11
Then
I
looked
on
all
the
works
that
my
hands
had
wrought,
and
on
the
labour
that
I
had
laboured
to
do:
and,
behold,
all
[was]
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit,
and
[there
was]
no
profit
under
the
sun.
12
And
I
turned
myself
to
behold
wisdom,
and
madness,
and
folly:
for
what
[can]
the
man
[do]
that
cometh
after
the
king?
[even]
that
which
hath
been
already
done.
13
Then
I
saw
that
wisdom
excelleth
folly,
as
far
as
light
excelleth
darkness.
14
The
wise
man’s
eyes
[are]
in
his
head;
but
the
fool
walketh
in
darkness:
and
I
myself
perceived
also
that
one
event
happeneth
to
them
all.
15
Then
said
I
in
my
heart,
As
it
happeneth
to
the
fool,
so
it
happeneth
even
to
me;
and
why
was
I
then
more
wise?
Then
I
said
in
my
heart,
that
this
also
[is]
vanity.
16
For
[there
is]
no
remembrance
of
the
wise
more
than
of
the
fool
for
ever;
seeing
that
which
now
[is]
in
the
days
to
come
shall
all
be
forgotten.
And
how
dieth
the
wise
[man]?
as
the
fool.
17
Therefore
I
hated
life;
because
the
work
that
is
wrought
under
the
sun
[is]
grievous
unto
me:
for
all
[is]
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit.
18
Yea,
I
hated
all
my
labour
which
I
had
taken
under
the
sun:
because
I
should
leave
it
unto
the
man
that
shall
be
after
19
And
who
knoweth
whether
he
shall
be
a
wise
[man]
or
a
fool?
yet
shall
he
have
rule
over
all
my
labour
wherein
I
have
laboured,
and
wherein
I
have
shewed
myself
wise
under
the
sun.
This
[is]
also
vanity.
20
Therefore
I
went
about
to
cause
my
heart
to
despair
of
all
the
labour
which
I
took
under
the
sun.
21
For
there
is
a
man
whose
labour
[is]
in
wisdom,
and
in
knowledge,
and
in
equity;
yet
to
a
man
that
hath
not
laboured
therein
shall
he
leave
it
[for]
his
portion.
This
also
[is]
vanity
and
a
great
evil.
22
For
what
hath
man
of
all
his
labour,
and
of
the
vexation
of
his
heart,
wherein
he
hath
laboured
under
the
sun?
23
For
all
his
days
[are]
sorrows,
and
his
travail
grief;
yea,
his
heart
taketh
not
rest
in
the
night.
This
is
also
vanity.
24
[There
is]
nothing
better
for
a
man,
[than]
that
he
should
eat
and
drink,
and
[that]
he
should
make
his
soul
enjoy
good
in
his
labour.
This
also
I
saw,
that
it
[was]
from
the
hand
of
God.
25
For
who
can
eat,
or
who
else
can
hasten
[hereunto],
more
than
26
For
[God]
giveth
to
a
man
that
[is]
good
in
his
sight
wisdom,
and
knowledge,
and
joy:
but
to
the
sinner
he
giveth
travail,
to
gather
and
to
heap
up,
that
he
may
give
to
[him
that
is]
good
before
God.
This
also
[is]
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit.