Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what hath adam for all his amal, and for all the striving of his lev, wherein he hath labored under the shemesh?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 there is an adam whose amal is with chochmah, and da'as, and kishron (skill); yet to an adam that hath not worked for it he must leave it for his chelek. This also is hevel and a ra'ah rabbah.

23For all his yamim are machovim (sorrows), and his travail ka'as (grief, vexation); yea, his lev taketh not rest balailah. This also is hevel.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:26The nefesh (appetite) of the laborer works for him, 1 for his peh (mouth) of hunger driveth him on. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked on kol ma'asim that my hands had wrought, and on the amal that I had labored to do; and, hinei, all was hevel and chasing after ruach, and there was no profit under the shemesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is a handful with tranquility than both the hands full with amal and chasing after ruach.

Ecclesiastes 5:10When hatovah (good things) increase, they are increased that consume them; and what kishron (useful result) is there to the ba'al (owner) thereof, except as an onlooker?

Ecclesiastes 6:7All the amal (labor) of haAdam is for his mouth, and yet the nefesh is not satisfied.

Matthew 6:11Es lechem chukeinu ten lanu hayom (Give us today our daily 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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