New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 2:17-20
17So I 1hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was 2grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
18Thus I hated 3all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must 4leave it to the man who will come after me. 19And who knows whether he will be a wise man or 5a fool? Yet he will have 6control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is 7vanity. 20Therefore I 8completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 2:17 Eccl 4:2, 3 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 2:17 Lit evil ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 2:18 Eccl 1:3; 2:11 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ps 39:6; 49:10 ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 2:19 1 Kin 12:13 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 2:19 Lit dominion ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 2:19 1 Tim 6:10 ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 2:20 Lit turned aside my heart to despair ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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