Ecclesiastes 2:3-6 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

3. I wanted to find out what was best for us during the short time we have on this earth. So I decided to make myself happy with wine and find out what it means to be foolish, without really being foolish myself.

4. I did some great things. I built houses and planted vineyards.

5. I had flower gardens and orchards full of fruit trees.

6. And I had pools where I could get water for the trees.

Ecclesiastes 2