Christianity / Protestantism / Ecclesiastes 2:2
Protestantism
English
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What is this it is doing?'
I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?
I saide of laughter, Thou art mad: and of ioy, What is this that thou doest?
I said of laughter, It is mad, and of mirth, What does it do?
Copyrighted; free non-commercial distribution I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What does it?
Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
I said of laughter: 'It is mad'; and of mirth: 'What doth it accomplish?'
Copyrighted; free non-commercial distribution I said of laughter, [It is] mad, and of mirth, What does it do?
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Copyrighted; free non-commercial distribution I said of laughter, “It is folly!” and of pleasure, “⌞What does it accomplish?⌟”1
- Literally “What does it give?”
Copyrighted; free non-commercial distribution I said of laughter, it is madness, and of mirth, What does it do?
Copyrighted; non-commercial distribution I said of laughter, It is madness; and of mirth, What does it do?
I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"
I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"
I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"
I said of laughter, "It is mad;" and of mirth, "What availeth it?"
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Of laughter, I said, Madness! and, of mirth, What can it do?
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of delight, What does it?
I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Catholicism
English
Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
Laughter, I considered an error. And to rejoicing, I said: “Why are you being deceived, to no purpose?”
Eastern Orthodoxy
English
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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