Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 - ESV Bible - I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you...

The Vanity of Self-Indulgence

1 I ¹said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity.

2 I ²said of laughter, "It is mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?"

3 I ³searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine--my heart still guiding me with wisdom--and how to lay hold on ⁴folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.

4 I made great works. I ⁵built houses and planted ⁶vineyards for myself.

5 I made myself ⁷gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.

6 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees.

7 I bought male and female slaves, and had ⁸slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of ⁹herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.

8 I also gathered for myself silver and ¹⁰gold and the treasure of ¹¹kings and ¹²provinces. I got ¹³singers, both men and women, and many ¹⁴concubines,^a the delight of the children of man.

9 So I became great and ¹⁵surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my ¹⁶wisdom remained with me.

10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart ¹⁷found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my ¹⁸reward for all my toil.

11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was ¹⁹vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing ²⁰to be gained under the sun.

Otras traducciones de Ecclesiastes 2:1

La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA

Eclesiastés 2:1 Dije yo en mi corazón: Ven ahora, te probaré con el placer; diviértete. Y he aquí, también esto era vanidad.

La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS

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

King James Version KJV

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

New King James Version NKJV

1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure"; but surely, this also was vanity.

Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV

Eclesiastés 2:1 La inutilidad de los placeres
Me dije: «Vamos, probemos los placeres. ¡Busquemos “las cosas buenas” de la vida!»; pero descubrí que eso también carecía de sentido.

Nueva Versión Internacional NVI

1 Me dije entonces: «Vamos, pues, haré la prueba con los placeres y me daré la gran vida». ¡Pero aun esto resultó un absurdo!

La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR

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

Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV

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

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 ESV