(A)I searched in my heart how [a]to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was (B)good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

I made my works great, I built myself (C)houses, and planted myself vineyards. I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit. to draw my flesh

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