Section 2:1-11

People are not satisfied with enjoying themselves and making things

2:1a I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure;

I thought, “I will seek to enjoy ⌊many⌋ pleasures,
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Then I thought, “Let’s see now, I will try to do everything that I enjoy.
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I decided that I would examine pleasure, using myself as a test,

2:1b enjoy what is good!”

and discover what good ⌊effects⌋ that will have.”
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I will find out whether doing what I enjoy can truly enable me to be happy.” (Translation for Translators)
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to try to understand its value.

2:1c But it proved to be futile.

But I learned that this is also useless. (English Easy-to-Read Version)
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But ⌊I discovered that ⌋ ⌊having fun⌋ was also pointless.

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