Ecclesiastes 2:2New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Of laughter, I said, Madness! and, of mirth, What can it do?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What [is] this it is doing?'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I saide of laughter, Thou art mad: and of ioy, What is this that thou doest?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I saide of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I said of laughter, What pleasure is there in it? and of mirth, What do you accomplish?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why doest thou this:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? |
I said
559 {0559} Primeאָמַר'amar{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
of laughter,
7814 {7814} Primeשְׂחוֹקs@chowq{sekh-oke'}
From H7832; laughter (in meriment or defiance).
[ It is] mad:
1984 {1984} Primeהָלַלhalal{haw-lal'}
A primitive root; to be clear (originally of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence to make a show; to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively to celebrate; also to stultify.
z8781 <8781> Grammar
Stem - Poel (See H8845) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 28
and of mirth,
8057 {8057} Primeשִׂמְחָהsimchah{sim-khaw'}
From H8056; blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival).
What
y2090 [2090] Standardזֹהzoh{zo}
For H2088; this or that.
x4100 (4100) Complementמָּהmah{maw}
A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational senses.
doeth
6213 {6213} Primeעָשָׂה`asah{aw-saw'}
A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
it?
x2090 (2090) Complementזֹהzoh{zo}
For H2088; this or that. |
Ecclesiastes 2:2
_ _ laughter — including prosperity, and joy in general (Job 8:21).
_ _ mad — that is, when made the chief good; it is harmless in its proper place.
_ _ What doeth it? — Of what avail is it in giving solid good? (Ecclesiastes 7:6; Proverbs 14:13). |
Ecclesiastes 2:2
It is mad — This is an act of madness, more fit for fools who know nothing, than for wise men in this sinful, and dangerous, and deplorable state of mankind. What doth it — What good doth it? Or how can it make men happy? I challenge all the Epicures in the world to give me a solid answer. |
- I said:
- Solomon is not speaking here of sober enjoyment of the things of the world, but of intemperate pleasure, whose two attendants, laughter and mirth, are introduced by a beautiful prosopopoeia, as two persons, whom he treats with the utmost contempt.
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- It is:
Ecclesiastes 7:2-6 [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart. ... For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.
Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.
Isaiah 22:12-13 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: ... And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Amos 6:3-6 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; ... That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
1 Peter 4:2-4 That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. ... Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
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