The King James Version Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1-7

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

  2. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

  3. I 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 was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

  4. I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

  5. I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

  6. I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

  7. I got me 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: