Ecclesiastes 2:1 | |
NASB: I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself." And behold, it too was futility. (NASB ©1995) GWT: I thought to myself, "Now I want to experiment with pleasure and enjoy myself." But even this was pointless. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. ASV: I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity. BBE: I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose. DBY: I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity. JPS: I said in my heart: 'Come now, I will try thee with mirth, and enjoy pleasure'; and, behold, this also was vanity. WBS: I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanity. WEB: I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity. YLT: I said in my heart, 'Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it [is] vanity. | |
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