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Ecclesiastes 2 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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I built me houses; I planted me vineyards. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit-tree. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.<p> <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">The Wise and the Foolish<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then I looked on to see wisdom, and madness, and folly: for who is the man who will follow after counsel, in all things where in he employs it? <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now <i>in</i> the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool? <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.<p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Futility of Work<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And I hated the whole of my labour which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And who knows whether he will be a wise <i>man</i> or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For there is <i>such</i> a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; <i>yet</i> this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For all his days <i>are days</i> of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A man has nothing <i>really</i> good to eat, and to drink, and to shew his soul <i>as</i> good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For <i>God</i> has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ecclesiastes/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ecclesiastes/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>