Ecclesiastes 2:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 2:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 2:2 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 2:2 — KJV
“I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?”
— Ecclesiastes 2:2 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 2:2 in Context — About the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching look at life under the sun — wealth, pleasure, work, and wisdom all tested and found fleeting. Its honesty disarms cynics, then lands on bedrock: fear God, keep His commands, and receive each ordinary day as His gift.
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 2:2
“And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:2: laughter, mad
“And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. an...: or, half a furrow of an acre of land”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:2: laughter, mad
“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:2: laughter, mirth
“The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:2: laughter, mad
“It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. it contemneth...: or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:2: laughter, mirth
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