Ecclesiastes 2:21

For there is such a man that his labor 1 Is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; 1 Yet this man shall give his portion 1 To one who has not labored therein. 1 This is also vanity and great evil. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

In Context

20So I went about to dismiss from my heart 1 All my labor wherein I had labored under the sun. 1

22For it happens to a man in all his labor, 1 And in the purpose of his heart 1 Wherein he labors under the sun. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:20And Hezekiah did so through all Judah, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 34:2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

2 Chronicles 36:5d and for the innocent blood which Jehoiakim shed, for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; yet the Lord would not utterly destroy them.

Psalms 49:11I know all the birds of the sky; 1 And the beauty of the field is mine. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: 1 And one sinner will destroy much good.

Jeremiah 22:17Behold, thine eyes are not good, nor thy heart, but they go after thy covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.

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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