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Ecclesiastes 2:11

World English Bible

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.

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Ecclesiastes 2:11 in other translations

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 2:11 in context

  1. 9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
  2. 10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold 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 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.
  4. 12I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
  5. 13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.