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