Category: Ecclesiastes

American Standard Version (ASV):
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;

King James Version (KJV):
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:

American Standard Version (ASV):
I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?

King James Version (KJV):
I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

American Standard Version (ASV):
I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

King James Version (KJV):
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

American Standard Version (ASV):
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

King James Version (KJV):
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

King James Version (KJV):
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

American Standard Version (ASV):
For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

King James Version (KJV):
For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

American Standard Version (ASV):
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

King James Version (KJV):
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.

American Standard Version (ASV):
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

King James Version (KJV):
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

American Standard Version (ASV):
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

King James Version (KJV):
[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

American Standard Version (ASV):
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

King James Version (KJV):
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.