Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what has man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he has laboured under the sun?

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

23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart takes not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:26He that labours labours for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.

Ecclesiastes 2:11Then 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 vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 5:10He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Matthew 6:11Give us this day 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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