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 It is madness V-Pual-Prtcpl-ms 8057 [e] וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖ה ū-lə-śim-ḥāh and of joy Conj-w, Prep-l | N-fs 4100 [e] מַה־ mah- What Interrog 2090 [e] זֹּ֥ה zōh [good is] this Pro-fs 6213 [e] עֹשָֽׂה׃ ‘ō-śāh doing V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs

Berean Study Bible
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

Young's Literal Translation
Of laughter I said, ‘Foolish!’ and of mirth, ‘What [is] this it is doing?’

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

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? Ecclesiastes 2:2 • Ecclesiastes 2:2 NIV • Ecclesiastes 2:2 NLT • Ecclesiastes 2:2 ESV • Ecclesiastes 2:2 NASB • Ecclesiastes 2:2 KJV • Ecclesiastes 2:2 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 2:2 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 2:2 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 2:2 German Bible

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