Ecclesiastes 2:26
God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
25Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I?
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And the Lord said to him: Go in thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation.
Job 27:16If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
Job 32:8But, as I see, there is a spirit in men, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding.
Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:
Proverbs 28:8He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.
Isaiah 3:10Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
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 →