Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 - ESV Bible - I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you...

The Vanity of Self-Indulgence

1 I ¹said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity.

2 I ²said of laughter, "It is mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?"

3 I ³searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine--my heart still guiding me with wisdom--and how to lay hold on ⁴folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.

4 I made great works. I ⁵built houses and planted ⁶vineyards for myself.

5 I made myself ⁷gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.

6 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees.

7 I bought male and female slaves, and had ⁸slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of ⁹herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.

8 I also gathered for myself silver and ¹⁰gold and the treasure of ¹¹kings and ¹²provinces. I got ¹³singers, both men and women, and many ¹⁴concubines,^a the delight of the children of man.

9 So I became great and ¹⁵surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my ¹⁶wisdom remained with me.

10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart ¹⁷found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my ¹⁸reward for all my toil.

11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was ¹⁹vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing ²⁰to be gained under the sun.

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

Eclesiastes 2:1 Disse eu a mim mesmo: Ora vem, eu te provarei com a alegria; portanto goza o prazer; mas eis que também isso era vaidade.

King James Version KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

New King James Version NKJV

Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure"; but surely, this also was vanity.

Nova Versão Internacional NVIP

Eclesiastes 2:1 Eu disse a mim mesmo: Venha. Experimente a alegria. Descubra as coisas boas da vida! Mas isso também se revelou inútil.

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 ESV