Ecclesiastes 2:1

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

Bible in Basic English ☆

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure — but it was to no purpose.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: and, behold, this is also vanity.

Darby Translation ☆

I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

I said in mine heart, Goe to nowe, I will proue thee with ioy: therefore take thou pleasure in pleasant things: and beholde, this also is vanitie.

Noyes Bible ☆

I said in my heart, “Come, now, I will try thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure!” But, lo! this also was vanity.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Come, then, I said in my heart, I will have a taste of joy, and thou shalt see what is good; but, behold, this also was vanity.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

I said in my heart: 'Come now, I will try thee with mirth, and enjoy pleasure'; and, behold, this also was vanity.

King James Version ☆

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanity.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove you with mirth, and behold you good: and, behold, this is also vanity.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove you with mirth, and behold you good: and, behold, this is also vanity.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

Webster Bible ☆

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanity.

Revised Version ☆

I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: And, behold, this is also vanity.

World English Bible ☆

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

World English Bible Classic ☆

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

World English Bible Updated ☆

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

World Messianic Bible ☆

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

I said in my heart, 'Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it [is] vanity.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

I said in mine lev, Come now, I will test thee with simchah, therefore enjoy tov; and, hinei, this also is hevel.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

قُلْتُ أَنَا فِي قَلْبِي: «هَلُمَّ أَمْتَحِنُكَ بِٱلْفَرَحِ فَتَرَى خَيْرًا». وَإِذَا هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

တဖန်ငါသည် ကိုယ်စိတ်နှလုံးထဲမှာ ပြောသည် ကား၊ လာပါ။ ရွှင်လန်းခြင်းအားဖြင့် သင့်ကိုငါစုံစမ်းမည်။ သို့ဖြစ်၍၊ ကာမဂုဏ်၌ပျော်မွေ့လော့ဟု ဆိုရာတွင်၊ ထိုအမှုအရာသည်လည်း အနတ္တဖြစ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

တဖန်ငါ သည် ကိုယ် စိတ်နှလုံး ထဲမှာ ပြော သည် ကား၊ လာ ပါ။ ရွှင်လန်း ခြင်းအားဖြင့် သင့် ကိုငါစုံစမ်း မည်။ သို့ဖြစ်၍ ၊ ကာမဂုဏ် ၌ ပျော်မွေ့ လော့ဟု ဆိုရာတွင်၊ ထို အမှုအရာသည်လည်း အနတ္တ ဖြစ်လေ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Palung thungah ka poek, Vaihi caeh ah, takpum nawmhaih loe kawbang maw oh tito kam tuengsak han, toe hae hmuen doeh azom pui ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Kai tah ka lungbuei ah, “Cet laeh lamtah, nang te kohoenah neh kan noem eh. Te dongah hnothen te a hmuh dae te khaw a honghi he.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Kai tah ka lungbuei ah, “Cet laeh lamtah, nang te kohoenah neh kan noem eh. Te dongah hnothen te a hmuh dae te khaw a honghi he.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我心里说：「来吧，我以喜乐试试你，你好享福！」谁知，这也是虚空。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我心裏說：「來吧，我以喜樂試試你，你好享福！」誰知，這也是虛空。

World Chinese Bible ☆

我心里说：“来吧，我要用欢笑试验你；所以你要享受快乐。”看哪，这也是虚空。

Croatian Bible ☆

Tad rekoh u srcu svom: “Daj da okušam užitak i vidim što naslada pruža” - ali gle: i to je ispraznost!

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Řekl jsem opět srdci svému: Nuže nyní zkusím tě v veselí, užívejž tedy dobrých věcí. A hle, i to marnost.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Jeg sagde ved mig selv: “Vel, jeg vil prøve med Glæde; så nyd da det gode!” Men se, også det var Tomhed.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Ik zeide in mijn hart: Nu, welaan, ik zal u beproeven door vreugde; derhalve zie het goede aan; maar zie, ook dat was ijdelheid.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Toen dacht ik bij mijzelf: Kom, ik wil het met de vreugde beproeven En het goede genieten; Maar zie, ook dat was ijdelheid.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Mi diris en mia koro: Lasu, mi elprovos vin per ĝojo, kaj vi ĝuu bonon; sed jen ankaŭ ĉi tio estas vantaĵo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

J’ai dit en mon cœur : Allons ! je t’éprouverai par la joie : jouis donc du bien-être. Et voici, cela aussi est vanité.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

J'ai dit en mon cœur: Allons, que je t'éprouve maintenant par la joie, et jouis du bonheur; mais voici, cela est aussi une vanité.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

J’ai dit en mon cœur: Allons! Je t’éprouverai par la joie, et tu goûteras le bonheur. Et voici, c’est encore là une vanité.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Je me dis : « Allons ! Je vais te mettre à l'épreuve par la joie ; goûte donc au plaisir ! » Et voici, cela aussi était vanité.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Ich sprach in meinem Herzen: Wohlan denn, ich will dich prüfen durch Freude und genieße das Gute! Aber siehe, auch das ist Eitelkeit.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ich sprach in meinem Herzen: Wohlan, ich will wohl leben und gute Tage haben! Aber siehe, das war auch eitel.

German Textbibel ☆

Ich sprach zu mir selbst: Wohlan denn, versuche es mit Freude und genieße Gutes! Aber fürwahr, auch das ist eitel.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Ich sprach zu meinem Herzen: Komm, wir wollen es mit der Freude versuchen, und du sollst es gut haben! Aber siehe, auch das war vergeblich!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ΕΙΠΟΝ ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου· δεῦρο δὴ πειράσω σε ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ, καὶ ἰδὲ ἐν ἀγαθῷ· καὶ ἰδοὺ καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Εἶπον ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου, δεῦρο δὴ πειράσω σε ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ, καὶ ἴδε ἐν ἀγαθῷ· καὶ ἰδοὺ καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mwen di nan kè mwen: Bon! Ann al pran plezi nou! Ann al mennen lavi dous! Men, mwen jwenn sa a tou, sa pa vo anyen!

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

I IHO la au i ko'u naau iho, Ina kaua, e hoao iho au ia oe ma ka lealea, a e ike i ka olioli malaila; aia ka, he mea lapuwale keia.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ בְּלִבִּ֔י לְכָה־נָּ֛א אֲנַסְּכָ֛ה בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה וּרְאֵ֣ה בְטֹ֑וב וְהִנֵּ֥ה גַם־ה֖וּא הָֽבֶל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אמרתי אני בלבי לכה נא אנסכה בשמחה וראה בטוב והנה גם הוא הבל׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

IO ho detto nel cuor mio: Va' ora, io ti proverò con allegrezza , e tu goderai del bene; ma ecco, questo ancora è vanità.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Io ho detto in cuor mio: “Andiamo! Io ti voglio mettere alla prova con la gioia, e tu godrai il piacere!” Ed ecco che anche questo è vanità.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

私は心の中で言った。「さあ、楽しみで自分を試し、快楽を味わってみよう。」しかし、見よ、これも空しかった。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

나는 내 마음에 이르기를 자, 내가 시험적으로 너를 즐겁게 하리니 너는 낙을 누리라 하였으나 본즉 이것도 헛되도다

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga sulela ngan suk mwe akpwaryeyu tuh ngan ku in etu kalmen engan. Tusruktu nga konauk lah ma se inge wangin pac sripa.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

[Dixi ego in corde meo: Vadam, et affluam deliciis, et fruar bonis; et vidi quod hoc quoque esset vanitas.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

من در دل خود گفتم: الان بیا تا تو را به عیش و عشرت بیازمایم؛ پس سعادتمندی راملاحظه نما. و اینک آن نیز بطالت بود.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Eu disse no meu coração: “Venha agora, eu o testarei com a alegria; portanto, desfrute do prazer”; e eis que isso também era vaidade.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Disse eu em meu coração: Vamos! Eu te provarei com alegria, por isso dá atenção ao que é bom! Porém eis que isto também era futilidade.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Am spus în inima mea: Du-te acum, te voi încerca cu veselie, de aceea bucură-te de plăcere; și, iată, aceasta de asemenea este deșertăciune.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ам зис инимий меле: „Хайде! Вряу сэ те ынчерк ку веселие ши густэ феричиря.” Дар ятэ кэ ши ачаста есте о дешертэчуне.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Сказал я в сердце моем: “дай, испытаю я тебя весельем, и насладись добром”; но и это - суета!

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ja rekoh u srcu svom: Daj da te okušam veseljem; uživaj dobra. Ali gle i to beše taština.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ја рекох у срцу свом: Дај да те окушам весељем; уживај добра. Али гле и то беше таштина.

Mashi Bible ☆

Naderha obwo: nti nkola narhangirerêza n’ebinuna: lâba iragi! nakwo kurhebwa.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

DIJE yo en mi corazón: Ven ahora, te probaré con alegría, y gozarás de bienes. Mas he aquí esto también era vanidad.

Spanish BLL ☆

Me dije entonces: “¡Vamos!, te voy a poner a prueba con el placer; ¡disfruta de lo bueno!”. Pero resultó que también esto era vanidad.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Dije yo en mi corazón: «Ven ahora, te probaré con la alegría; goza de lo bueno»; y he aquí que también esto era vanidad.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Dije en mi corazón: Te daré alegría por una prueba; así que toma tu placer, pero fue sin ningún propósito.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Dije en mi corazón: ¡Ven pues, te deleitaré con el placer! ¡Prueba la felicidad! ¡Diviértete! Pero ciertamente esto también era vanidad.

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Revised West Version ☆

Naʻa ku pehē ki hoku loto, “Vakai eni, teu ʻahiʻahiʻi koe ki he fiengutuhua, ko ia ke ke fiefia koe ʻi he fakavā;” pea vakai, ko e vaʻinga foki eni.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

От і кажу собі в серцї: Дам я тобі покушати радощів, — заживай добра! Аж і се марнота.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

От і кажу собі в серцї: Дам я тобі покушати радощів, — заживай добра! Аж і се марнота.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Ta lại nói trong lòng rằng: Hè! hãy thử điều vui sướng và nếm sự khoái lạc: kìa, điều đó cũng là sự hư không.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ בְּלִבִּ֔י לְכָה־נָּ֛א אֲנַסְּכָ֛ה בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה וּרְאֵ֣ה בְט֑וֹב וְהִנֵּ֥ה גַם־ה֖וּא הָֽבֶל׃