I explored with my [a]mind how to (A)refresh my body with wine while my [b]mind was guiding me wisely; and how to seize (B)foolishness, until I could see (C)what good there is for the sons of mankind [c]to do under heaven for the few [d]years of their lives. I enlarged my works: I (D)built houses for myself, I planted (E)vineyards for myself; I made (F)gardens and (G)parks for myself, and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit heart
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit heart
  3. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit which they do
  4. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit days

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