Ecclesiastes 2:11

“Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do, etc.] He had looked at them, and on them, over and over again, and had taken pleasure therein; but now he sits down and enters into a serious consideration of them, what prodigious expenses he had been at; what care and thought, what toil and labour of mind, he had taken in contriving, designing, and bringing these works to perfection; what pleasure and delight he had found in them, and what happiness upon the whole arose from them: he now passes his judgment, and gives his sentiments concerning these things, having had it in his power to make himself master of everything delightful, which…”

“But all these I felt were only "vanity," and of "no profit" as to the chief good. "Wisdom" (worldly common sense, sagacity), which still "remained with me" (Ecc 2:9), showed me that these could not give solid happiness.”

“Vexation - I found myself wholly dissatisfied. No profit - The pleasure was past, and I was never the better for it, but as empty as before. Ecclesiastes 2:12”

“2:11 meaningless . . . nothing really worthwhile: Accomplishment only brings hopelessness and discouragement because the accomplishment itself has no lasting meaning (2:18-23).”

“I looked: Ecc 1:14; Gen 1:31; Exo 39:43; Jo1 2:16, Jo1 2:17 behold: Ecc 2:17-23, Ecc 1:3, Ecc 1:14; Hab 2:13; Ti1 6:6 Ecclesiastes 2:12”