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Ecclesiastes 2:22

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For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

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Ecclesiastes 2:22 in other translations

For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:22 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:22 in context

  1. 20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
  2. 21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
  3. 22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
  4. 23For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
  5. 24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.