Ecclesiastes 2:23
Your working life is full of trouble and strife—even at night your thoughts keep you awake. This is tough to comprehend!
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22What do you get here on earth for all your hard work and worry?
Cross References
Esther 6:1That night the king wasn't able to sleep, so he ordered the Book of Records of the King's Reign brought in so it could be read to him.
Job 7:13If I tell myself, ‘I'll feel better if I lie down on my bed,’ or ‘it will help me to lie down on my couch,’
Psalms 6:6My groaning has exhausted me. Every night I soak my bed with my crying; I drench my couch with my tears.
Psalms 77:2When I was in trouble I prayed to the Lord. All night long I stretched out my hands to him in prayer but nothing brought me any comfort.
Psalms 90:15Make us glad for as many days as you made us sad, for all the years we suffered!
Ecclesiastes 1:18For with great wisdom comes great frustration. The greater the knowledge, the greater the pain.
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 →