Ecclesiastes 2:2

NIV: "Laughter," I said, "is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?"

NAS: I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of pleasure, "What does it accomplish?"

KJV: I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

GWT: I thought, "Laughter doesn't make any sense. What does pleasure accomplish?"

ASV: I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?

BBE: Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?

DBY: I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?

DRB: Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?

WBS: I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

WEB: I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"

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