Ecclesiastes 2:2

Hebrew	לִשְׂח֖וֹק אָמַ֣רְתִּי מְהוֹלָ֑ל וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖ה מַה זֹּ֥ה עֹשָֽׂה
ESV	I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”
NIV	“Laughter,” I said, “is foolish. And what does pleasure accomplish?”
NLT	So I said, “Laughter is silly. What good does it do to seek pleasure?”
LXX	τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γέλωτι εἶπα περιφορὰν καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article εὐφροσύνῃ τί τοῦτοplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 ποιεῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigποιέω Meaning: * To do * To make This verb - to do or make - is used in connection with a large range of activities including creation, covenant formation, obedience, miracles, sin and worship. Verb forms Present tense Person Greek Form
KJV	I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

^{Ecclesiastes 2:1 ← Ecclesiastes 2:2 → Ecclesiastes 2:3}

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