Ecclesiastes 2
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Ecclesiastes 2:18-23

18Yea, I hatedH8130 all my labourH5999 which I had takenH6001 under the sunH8121: because I should leaveH3240 it to the manH120 that shall be afterH310 me.1 19And who knowethH3045 whether he shall be a wiseH2450 man or a foolH5530? yet shall he have ruleH7980 over all my labourH5999 in which I have labouredH5998, and in which I have showed myself wiseH2449 under the sunH8121. This is also vanityH1892. 20Therefore I went aboutH5437 to causeH2976 my heartH3820 to despairH2976 of all the labourH5999 which I tookH5998 under the sunH8121. 21For there isH3426 a manH120 whose labourH5999 is in wisdomH2451, and in knowledgeH1847, and in equityH3788; yet to a manH120 that hath not labouredH5998 in it shall he leaveH5414 it for his portionH2506. This also is vanityH1892 and a greatH7227 evilH7451.2 22For what hathH1933 manH120 of all his labourH5999, and of the vexationH7475 of his heartH3820, in whichH1931 he hath labouredH6001 under the sunH8121? 23For all his daysH3117 are sorrowsH4341, and his labourH6045 griefH3708; yea, his heartH3820 taketh not restH7901 in the nightH3915. This is also vanityH1892.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 2:18 taken: Heb. laboured ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 2:21 leave: Heb. give ↩

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Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain