Ecclesiastes 2:1-3

Tree of Life Version

Futility of Human Pleasures

2 I said within myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to see what is good.” Yet behold, this too was meaningless. ² I said of laughter, “It is madness!” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?” ³ I thought deeply about how to cheer my flesh with wine—letting my heart guide me with wisdom—and how to grasp folly, so that I could see what was worthwhile for the sons of men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.