Ecclesiastes 2:1-3 I said in my heart:Come then, Let me probe you with rejoicing; Now see what is good. But behold, even this is vanity."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ I said in my heart:Come then, Let me probe you with rejoicing; Now see what is good. But behold, even this is vanity." ² Mirth, I said, is a raving, And rejoicing, what then is it achieving? ³ I explored within my heart by stimulating my flesh with wine (While my heart was leading with wisdom) And by getting a hold on frivolity, Until I should see just where good may be for the sons of humanity In what they do under the heavens during the number of days in their lives."