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English Bible Translations

Ecclesiastes 2:2 / KJV
2. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes 2:2 / ASV
2. I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes 2:2 / BasicEnglish
2. Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?
Ecclesiastes 2:2 / Darby
2. I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?
Ecclesiastes 2:2 / Webster
2. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes 2:2 / Young
2. Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What [is] this it is doing?'

German Bible Translations

Prediger 2:2 / Luther
2. Ich sprach zum Lachen: Du bist toll! und zur Freude: Was machst du?
Prediger 2:2 / Schlachter
2. Zum Lachen sprach ich: Du bist toll! Und zur Freude: Was tut diese da?

French Bible Translations

Ecclésiaste 2:2 / Segond21
2. J'ai traité le rire de folie et j'ai dit, à propos de la joie: «A quoi sert-elle?»
Ecclésiaste 2:2 / NEG1979
2. J’ai dit du rire: Insensé! et de la joie: A quoi sert-elle?
Ecclésiaste 2:2 / Segond
2. J'ai dit du rire: Insensé! et de la joie: A quoi sert-elle?
Ecclésiaste 2:2 / Darby_Fr
2. Et voici, cela aussi est vanité. J'ai dit au rire: Tu es déraison; et à la joie: Que fait-elle?
Ecclésiaste 2:2 / Martin
2. J'ai dit touchant le ris : Il est insensé; et touchant la joie : De quoi sert-elle?
Ecclésiaste 2:2 / Ostervald
2. J'ai dit du rire: Insensé! et de la joie: A quoi sert-elle?

Versions with Strong Codes

Ecclesiastes 2 / KJV_Strong
2. I said[H559] of laughter,[H7814] It is mad:[H1984] and of mirth,[H8057] What[H4100] doeth[H6213] it?[H2090]

Strong Code definitions

H559 'amar aw-mar' a primitive root; to say (used with greatlatitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.

H7814 schowq sekh-oke' or schoq {sekh-oke'}; from H7832; laughter (in merriment or defiance):--derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.see H7832

H1984 halal haw-lal' a primitive root; to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify:--(make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.

H8057 simchah sim-khaw' from H8056; blithesomeness or glee, (religious orfestival):--X exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).see H8056

H4100 mah maw or mah {mah}; or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh}; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses:--how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

H6213 `asah aw-saw' a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows):--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth,bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, goabout, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.

H2090 zoh zo for H2088; this or that:--as well as another, it, this, that, thus and thus.see H2088

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