Ecclesiastes 2
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 2:14-18

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

18Thus I hatedH8130 12allH3605 the fruitH5999 of my laborH5999 for whichH7945 I had laboredH6001 underH8478 the sunH8121, for I must 13leaveH5117 it to the manH120 whoH7945 will comeH1961 afterH310 me.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 2:14 1 John 2:11 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 2:14 Ps 49:10; Eccl 3:19; 6:6; 7:2; 9:2, 3 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Lit in my heart ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Eccl 2:16 ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Eccl 6:8, 11 ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Lit I spoke in my heart ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Eccl 1:11; 9:5 ↩
  8. 8. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Lit forever ↩
  9. 9. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Eccl 2:14 ↩
  10. 10. Ecclesiastes 2:17 Eccl 4:2, 3 ↩
  11. 11. Ecclesiastes 2:17 Lit evil ↩
  12. 12. Ecclesiastes 2:18 Eccl 1:3; 2:11 ↩
  13. 13. Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ps 39:6; 49:10 ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 2

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