Tanakh for Ecclesiastes 2:2

לִשְׂח֖וֹק אָמַ֣רְתִּי מְהוֹלָ֑ל וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖ה מַה־זֹּ֥ה עֹשָֽׂה׃

I said of laughter: ‘It is mad’; and of mirth: ‘What doth it accomplish?’

Ecclesiastes

Better (the) wrath [of the L-rd, (which turns one to repentance)] than [His] "laughter" [i.e., His indulgence]; for with a stern countenance, the heart [will be moved] to better [its ways].
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