Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:1 · WEB
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- ગુજરાતી — સભાશિક્ષક ૨:૧
- તેથી મેં સ્વયં પોતાને કહ્યું કે, “ચાલ ત્યારે, આનંદથી હું તારી પરીક્ષા કરીશ; માટે મોજશોખ કરી લે “પણ જુઓ, એ પણ વ્યર્થ છે.
- हिन्दी — सभोपदेशक २:१
- मैंने अपने मन से कहा, “चल, मैं तुझको आनन्द के द्वारा जाँचूँगा; इसलिए आनन्दित और मगन हो।” परन्तु देखो, यह भी व्यर्थ है।
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1I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.
2I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
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