“ I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? ”
Ecclesiastes 1:12 to Ecclesiastes 2:26 . Qoheleth's Investigations. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom ( Eccle...
of laughter . to laughter. It is mad. See note on "madness", Ecclesiastes 1:17 . of mirth . to mirth. What doeth it? . What doth she do?
DISCOURSE: 829 THE EMPTINESS OF WORLDLY MIRTH Ecclesiastes 2:2 . I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it? WHO is it that has ventured to speak thus respecting that which con...
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? I said of laughter, It is mad - Literally "To laughter I said, O mad one! and to mirth, What is this one doing?" Solomon does not speak...
I said of laughter, it is mad— I said to laughter, how dost thou shine? and to pleasure, what does that avail? See the note on the 17th verse of the foregoing chapter. The sum of these verses is,...
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? Laughter - flowing from sensual gratifications. (It is) (rather, Thou art). Hengstenberg translates (limshok besari), 'to cheri...
Epicureanism and Wisdom alike Profitless 1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit.
Proverbs 14:13 . Mad. — Psalms 102:9 .
FIRST SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ; Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man lives amid...
24-26, Vain Undertakings Ecclesiastes 2:1-17 At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and sensuous nature. T...
Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (3) I sought...
‘THE LOUD LAUGH THAT SHOWS THE VACANT MIND’ ‘I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?’ Ecclesiastes 2:2 Solomon says of the mirthful man, of the man who makes others laugh...
I said of laughter, [it is] mad ,.... The risible faculty in man is given him for some usefulness; and when used in a moderate way, and kept within due bounds, is of service to him, and conduces to...
I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? Ver. 2. I said of mirth, It is mad, ] q.d., Thou mad fool, what dost thou? Yet is not mirth amiss, so it be moderate; nor laughter...
I said in my heart Being disappointed of my hopes from knowledge, I resolved to try another course. Go to now O my soul! I will try whether I cannot make thee happy by the enjoyment of sensual de...
Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure:...
I said of laughter; of excessive mirth, which discovers itself by immoderate laughter, and other outward gestures. It is mad; this is an act and sign of madness, more fit for fools, who know noth...
Chapter 2 The Search for Pleasure. Experimenting With Good Things ( Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 ). Ecclesiastes 2:1 ‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now, I will test out merriment. Therefore enjoy pleas...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 2:1 . I said in mine heart.] The pronoun is emphatic and denotes the importance of the person who is speaking. There are instances of such addresses to the soul in t...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-2 I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience, not of abstract study. He acquaints himself...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 . Enjoy pleasure. The first doctrine of Epicurus, whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18 . Ecclesiastes 2:2 . I said of laughter, of all forced and frantic joy, it is mad...
Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth. The threefold view of human life Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter. I. The theatrical view of life ( Ecclesiastes 2:1-11...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 2:1-21 Section 2. Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth. Ecclesiastes 2:1 Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth embarks on a...
Solomon's own Example
1 Peter 4:2-4 ; Amos 6:3-6 ; Ecclesiastes 7:2-6 ; Isaiah 22:12 ; Isaiah 22:13 ; Proverbs 14:13
It is mad — This is an act of madness, more fit for fools who know nothing, than for wise men in this sinful, and dangerous, and deplorable state of mankind. What doth it — What good doth it? Or ho...