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Ecclesiastes 2:2-3

2:2

I said
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of laughter
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[It is] mad
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and of mirth
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What
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doeth
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it?

2:3

I sought
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in mine heart
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to give
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myself
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unto wine
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yet acquainting
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mine heart
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with wisdom
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and to lay hold
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on folly
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till I might see
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what [was] that good
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for the sons
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of men
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which they should do
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under the heaven
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all
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the days
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of their life
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{to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life}

Ecclesiastes 2:12-14

2:12

And I turned
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myself to behold
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wisdom
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and madness
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and folly
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for what [can] the man
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[do] that cometh
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after
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the king
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[even] that which hath been already
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done
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{even...: or, in those things which have been already done}

2:13

Then I saw
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that
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wisdom
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excelleth
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folly
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as far as light
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excelleth
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darkness
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{that...: Heb. that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly, etc}

2:14

The wise man's
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eyes
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[are] in his head
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but the fool
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walketh
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in darkness
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and I myself perceived
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also that one
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event
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happeneth
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to them all.