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Ecclesiastes 2:11

American Standard Version

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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Ecclesiastes 2:11 in other translations

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:11 in context

  1. 9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
  2. 10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.
  3. 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
  4. 12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been done long ago.
  5. 13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.