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Ecclesiastes 2:2

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"Laughter," I said, "is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?" NIV

I said of laughter, It is mad, and of pleasure, What does it accomplish? AMP

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

Ecclesiastes 2:21

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For people may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to others who have not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. NIV

For here is a man whose labor is with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who has not toiled for it he must leave it all as his portion. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and a great evil! AMP

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:25

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For without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? NIV

For who can eat or who can have enjoyment any more than I can--apart from Him ? AMP

For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:23

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All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless. NIV

For all his days are but pain and sorrow, and his work is a vexation and grief; his mind takes no rest even at night. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! AMP

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:20

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So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. NIV

So I turned around and gave my heart up to despair over all the labor of my efforts under the sun. AMP

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:19

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And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless. NIV

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have dominion over all my labor in which I have toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! AMP

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. KJV