Ecclesiastes 2:1 YLT

¹  I said in my heart, 'Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it 'is' vanity.

²  Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What 'is' this it is doing?'

³  I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where 'is' this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.