Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7814 [e] לִשְׂח֖וֹק liś-ḥō-wq Of laughter Prep-l | N-ms 559 [e] אָמַ֣רְתִּי ’ā-mar-tî I said V-Qal-Perf-1cs 1984 [e] מְהוֹלָ֑ל mə-hō-w-lāl; Madness V-Pual-Prtcpl-ms 8057 [e] וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖ה ū-lə-śim-ḥāh and of mirth Conj-w, Prep-l | N-fs 4100 [e] מַה־ mah- what Interrog 2090 [e] זֹּ֥ה zōh this Pro-fs 6213 [e] עֹשָֽׂה׃ ‘ō-śāh. does accomplish V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs

New American Standard Bible
I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of pleasure, "What does it accomplish?"

King James Bible
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I said about laughter, "It is madness," and about pleasure, "What does this accomplish?"

i said Solomon is not speaking here of sober enjoyment of the things of the world, but of an intemperate pleasure whose two attendants, laughter and mirth are introduced by a beautiful prosopopaeia, as in two persons, whom he treats with the utmost contempt.

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