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Ecclesiastes 2:22

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

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Ecclesiastes 2:22 in other translations

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

Ecclesiastes 2:22 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 2:22 in context

  1. 20Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
  2. 21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
  3. 22For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
  4. 23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes 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.