Ecclesiastes 2
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Ecclesiastes 2:14-18

14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.1 16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. 17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

18Yea, 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.2

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 2:15 happeneth even…: Heb. happeneth to me, even to me. ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 2:18 taken: Heb. laboured. ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 2

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