Ecclésiaste 2:2
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Context
This verse from Ecclésiaste Chapter 2 connects to 9 cross-references. Qohelet reports his experiments in pleasure, building projects, vineyards, gardens, and acquiring wealth, finding that all was vanity and chasing after wind. He observes that the wise person dies just like the fool. Yet there is some good in toil, …
Autres traductions
I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What <FI>is<Fi> this it is doing?'
Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?
Références croisées
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; …
And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and …
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of …
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but …
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction …
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that …
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.