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

^{2 Ref} Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What `is' this it is doing?'

^{3 Ref} 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.