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Ecclesiastes 2:12-23

12So I turnedH6437 to 1considerH7200 wisdomH2451, madnessH1947 and follyH5531; for whatH4100 will the manH120 do whoH7945 will comeH935 afterH310 the kingH4428 except 2whatH834 has alreadyH3528 been doneH6213? 13And I sawH7200 that 3wisdomH2451 excelsH3504 follyH5531 as lightH216 excelsH3504 darknessH2822. 14The wiseH2450 man’sH2450 eyesH5869 are in his headH7218, but the 4foolH3684 walksH1980 in darknessH2822. And yetH1571 I knowH3045 that 5oneH259 fateH4745 befallsH7136 them bothH3605. 15Then I saidH559 6to myselfH3820, “7As is the fateH4745 of the foolH3684, it will alsoH1571 befallH7136 me. 8WhyH4100 thenH227 have I beenH2449 extremelyH3148 wiseH2449?” So 9I saidH1696 to myselfH3820, “ThisH2088 tooH1571 is vanityH1892.” 16For thereH369 is 10noH369 11lastingH5769 remembranceH2146 of the wiseH2450 manH2450 as with the foolH3684, inasmuchH7945 as in the comingH935 daysH3117 allH3605 will be forgottenH7911. And 12howH349 the wiseH2450 manH2450 and the foolH3684 alikeH5973 dieH4191! 17So I 13hatedH8130 lifeH2425, for the workH4639 whichH7945 had been doneH6213 underH8478 the sunH8121 was 14grievousH7451 to me; becauseH3588 everythingH3605 is futilityH1892 and strivingH7469 after windH7307.

18Thus I hatedH8130 15allH3605 the fruitH5999 of my laborH5999 for whichH7945 I had laboredH6001 underH8478 the sunH8121, for I must 16leaveH5117 it to the manH120 whoH7945 will comeH1961 afterH310 me. 19And whoH4310 knowsH3045 whether he will be a wiseH2450 manH2450 orH176 17a foolH5530? Yet he will have 18controlH7980 overH7980 allH3605 the fruitH5999 of my laborH5999 for whichH7945 I have laboredH5998 by actingH2449 wiselyH2449 underH8478 the sunH8121. ThisH2088 tooH1571 is 19vanityH1892. 20Therefore I 20completelyH5437H3820 despairedH2976 of allH3605 the fruitH5999 of my laborH5999 for whichH7945 I had laboredH5998 underH8478 the sunH8121. 21WhenH3588 thereH3426 is a manH120 whoH7945 has laboredH5998 with wisdomH2451, knowledgeH1847 and 21skillH3788, then he 22givesH5414 his 23legacyH2506 to oneH120 whoH7945 has not laboredH5998 with them. ThisH2088 tooH1571 is vanityH1892 and a greatH7227 evilH7463. 22For whatH4100 does a manH120 getH1933 in 24allH3605 his laborH5999 and in 25his strivingH7475 with whichH7945 he laborsH6001 underH8478 the sunH8121? 23BecauseH3588 allH3605 his daysH3117 his taskH6045 is painfulH4341 and 26grievousH3708; evenH1571 at nightH3915 his 27mindH3820 28does not restH7901. ThisH2088 tooH1571 is vanityH1892.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Eccl 1:17 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Eccl 1:9, 10; 3:15 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 2:13 Eccl 7:11, 12, 19; 9:18; 10:10 ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 2:14 1 John 2:11 ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 2:14 Ps 49:10; Eccl 3:19; 6:6; 7:2; 9:2, 3 ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Lit in my heart ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Eccl 2:16 ↩
  8. 8. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Eccl 6:8, 11 ↩
  9. 9. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Lit I spoke in my heart ↩
  10. 10. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Eccl 1:11; 9:5 ↩
  11. 11. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Lit forever ↩
  12. 12. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Eccl 2:14 ↩
  13. 13. Ecclesiastes 2:17 Eccl 4:2, 3 ↩
  14. 14. Ecclesiastes 2:17 Lit evil ↩
  15. 15. Ecclesiastes 2:18 Eccl 1:3; 2:11 ↩
  16. 16. Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ps 39:6; 49:10 ↩
  17. 17. Ecclesiastes 2:19 1 Kin 12:13 ↩
  18. 18. Ecclesiastes 2:19 Lit dominion ↩
  19. 19. Ecclesiastes 2:19 1 Tim 6:10 ↩
  20. 20. Ecclesiastes 2:20 Lit turned aside my heart to despair ↩
  21. 21. Ecclesiastes 2:21 Eccl 4:4 ↩
  22. 22. Ecclesiastes 2:21 Eccl 2:18 ↩
  23. 23. Ecclesiastes 2:21 Lit share ↩
  24. 24. Ecclesiastes 2:22 Eccl 1:3; 2:11 ↩
  25. 25. Ecclesiastes 2:22 Lit the striving of his heart ↩
  26. 26. Ecclesiastes 2:23 Job 5:7; 14:1; Eccl 1:18; 5:17 ↩
  27. 27. Ecclesiastes 2:23 Lit heart ↩
  28. 28. Ecclesiastes 2:23 Ps 127:2 ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 2

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