New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 2:18-22
18Thus I hated 1all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must 2leave it to the man who will come after me.
19And who knows whether he will be a wise man or 3a fool? Yet he will have 4control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is 5vanity.
20Therefore I 6completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
21When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and 7skill, then he 8gives his 9legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.
22For what does a man get in 10all his labor and in 11his striving with which he labors under the sun?
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 2:18 Eccl 1:3; 2:11 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ps 39:6; 49:10 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 2:19 1 Kin 12:13 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 2:19 Lit dominion ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 2:19 1 Tim 6:10 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 2:20 Lit turned aside my heart to despair ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 2:21 Eccl 4:4 ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 2:21 Eccl 2:18 ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 2:21 Lit share ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 2:22 Eccl 1:3; 2:11 ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 2:22 Lit the striving of his heart ↩
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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