Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he bath been tormented under the sun?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

In Context

21For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.

23All his days axe full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:26The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

Ecclesiastes 2:11And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.

Ecclesiastes 5:10Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?

Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.

Matthew 6:11Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:18-26

Sources of Dissatisfaction; The Cheerful Use of Abundance. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also… Read the whole commentary →

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