Category: Ecclesiastes

  • Ecclesiastes 2:5

    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:

  • Ecclesiastes 2:2

    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?

  • Ecclesiastes 2:3

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:16

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:17

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:18

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:1

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:14

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:15

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:12

    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.