Ecclesiastes 2

Gen Z: Ecclesiastes 2

1I was like, "Yo, let’s vibe and see what’s lit," but lowkey, it’s all just sus.

2Laughter? It's kinda wild. Mirth? What’s the point, fr?

3I was tryna sip some wine while getting my wisdom game up, figuring out what’s good for peeps to do while living under the sun.

4I went off and built some dope places, made houses, and planted vineyards, no cap.

5I created gardens and orchards, planted all kinds of fruity trees, straight bussin.

6I made pools to keep my trees fresh and thriving, just chillin’.

7I had servants and peeps born in my crib; my squad was stacked with all kinds of livestock, way more than anyone else in Jerusalem.

8I also copped mad silver and gold, royal treasures, and had singers and instruments for days, just vibing out.

9I was living large, way more than anyone else in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was always on point.

10I didn’t hold back on anything my eyes wanted; my heart was all about the joy from my grind, and that was my whole vibe.

11I peeped all the stuff I made with my hands, and honestly, it was all just vibes and stress, no cap, nothing to gain under the sun.

12I flipped the script to check out wisdom, madness, and folly: like, what can a dude do after the king? It’s all been done, fr.

13I clocked that wisdom is way better than folly, like light totally slaps darkness.

14The wise guy sees things clear, but the fool's just wandering in the dark: and I realized that both get the same fate, periodt.

15I was like, “If the fool's got the same fate as me, why am I even trying to be wise?” So, I figured this whole thing is just vanity.

16The wise don’t get remembered more than the fool; what’s happening now will be forgotten later. And how does the wise dude die? Just like the fool.

17So, I lowkey hated life; the grind under the sun was just heavy for me: all vanity and stress, fr.

18Yeah, I hated all the work I did under the sun: I gotta leave it to whoever comes after me.

19And who even knows if he’ll be wise or a fool? He’ll rule over all my work, and I thought I was wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

20So, I tried to make my heart chill on all the work I did under the sun.

21There’s this dude who works hard for wisdom, knowledge, and fairness, but if you didn’t grind for it, you just get handed a slice. That’s lowkey sus and a major bummer.

22Like, what’s the point of all the hustle and stress if it just weighs on your heart under the sun?

23His days are just sad vibes, and he’s always stressed; his heart can’t chill at night. That’s also kinda sus.

24Honestly, the best move for a guy is to eat, drink, and vibe with the good things he’s worked for. I peeped that it’s all from God’s hand.

25Who can munch or rush to enjoy this more than me, though?

26God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the ones He vibes with, but the sinners just get the grind, stacking up stress to hand off to the good ones. That’s also sus and just a headache.

KJV: Ecclesiastes 2

1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

3I 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.

4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

7I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

24There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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