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Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
Common English Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
Common English Bible
2 I said to myself,[a] Come, I will make you[b] experience pleasure; enjoy what is good! But this too was pointless! 2 Merriment, I thought, is madness; pleasure, of no use at all. 3 I tried cheering myself with wine and by embracing folly—with wisdom still guiding me—until I might see what is really worth doing in the few days that human beings have under heaven.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:1 Or in my heart; mind
- Ecclesiastes 2:1 Or the self (or heart; mind)
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