Ecclesiastes 2:2 Hebrew Text Analysis

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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?"

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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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