Ecclesiastes 2:1
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

Young's Literal Translation
I said in my heart, ‘Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;’ and lo, even it [is] vanity.

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

Hebrew
I
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

said
אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to myself,
בְּלִבִּ֔י (bə·lib·bî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

“Come
לְכָה־ (lə·ḵāh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

now,
נָּ֛א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

I will test
אֲנַסְּכָ֛ה (’ă·nas·sə·ḵāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5254: To test, to attempt

you with pleasure;
בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה (ḇə·śim·ḥāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee

enjoy
וּרְאֵ֣ה (ū·rə·’êh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

what is good!”
בְט֑וֹב (ḇə·ṭō·wḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

But it
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

proved
וְהִנֵּ֥ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

to be futile.
הָֽבֶל׃ (hā·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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