Ecclesiastes 2:21

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

For 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.

Ecclesiastes 2:21 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ecclesiastes 2

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18And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

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.

22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

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.

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.

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