This is all so meaningless!” 16 For t… Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan. 15 Both will die. Literary Features. Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 Everything Is Meaningless 1 The words of the Teacher, 1:1 Or the leader of the assembly ; also in verses 2 and 12 son of David, king in Jerusalem: Let’s look for the ‘good things’ in life.” But I found that this, too, was meaningless. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. Bible > NLT > Ecclesiastes 2 Ecclesiastes 2 New Living Translation: Par The Futility of Pleasure. 4 His command is backed by great power. What good does it do to seek pleasure?” 3 After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. I had everything a man could desire! 11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. 2 So I … 2nd edition.Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House, 2004. everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; “The fate of the fool will overtake me also. Ecclesiastes 1:14 I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless--like chasing the wind. Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. In this way, I hoped to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world. 2So I said, “Laughter is silly. Ecclesiastes 2:11 NLT But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. Ecclesiastes 3:2 A time to be born and a time to die. 2 h A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left. Ecclesiastes 2:15, NLT: "Both will die. Let’s look for the ‘good things’ in life.” But I found that this, too, was meaningless. 22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? Ecclesiastes 2 - nlt. After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. Ecclesiastes 2:1 Parallel Commentaries 3 A time to kill and a time to heal. How meaningless! Ecclesiastes 3. 2 So I … 1 How wonderful to be wise, to analyze and interpret things. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. 23 Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. Ecclesiastes 9:7 NLT So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Ecclesiastes 2 New Living Translation (NLT) The Futility of Pleasure. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. Eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God approves of this! But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. Ecclesiastes 8:2 I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. Ecclesiastes 2:1-26. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God. 15 Both will die. 7 I bought slaves, both men and women, and others were born into my household. 6 I built reservoirs to collect the water to irrigate my many flourishing groves. 2 … Note particularly 2:24-26; 3:11-14,22; 5:18-20; 8:15; 9:7-10; 11:7-- 12:1; 12:9-14 (see also any pertinent notes on these passages). After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. So I said, “Laughter is silly. 1 I said to myself, “Come on, let’s try pleasure. A time to tear down and a time to build up. Ecclesiastes 2:6 - NLT - I built reservoirs to collect the water to irrigate... Study verse in the New Living Translation 2 So I said, “Laughter is silly. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives. Ecclesiastes 2:24 NLT So go ahead. Ecclesiastes 1:17 So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. 21 Some people work wisely with knowledge and skill, then must leave the fruit of their efforts to someone who hasn’t worked for it. Go to - O my soul! Why? The Futility of Pleasure 1I said to myself, “Come on, let’s try pleasure. Ecclesiastes 2:17 NLT. Ecclesiastes 2:2 Parallel Commentaries What good does it do to seek pleasure?” 3 After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. 4 I also tried to find meaning by building huge homes for myself and by planting beautiful vineyards. (AG) 26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom,(AH) knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth(AI) to hand it over to the one who pleases God. Let's look for the 'good things' in life." As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads, ver 24-25; S Jdg 9:13; Ru 3:3; Ecc 3:12-13; 5:18; 8:15, S Job 2:10; Ecc 3:12-13; 5:17-19; 7:14; 9:7-10; 11:7-10. 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