Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly — I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:2-12
Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me… Read the whole commentary →