Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet reports his experiments in pleasure, building projects, vineyards, gardens, and acquiring wealth, finding that all was vanity and chasing after wind. He observes that the wise person dies just like the fool. Yet there is some good in toil, …
Other Translations
And 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.
And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also <FI>is<Fi> vanity.
And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
Cross References
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I …
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him …
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against …
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and …
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What …
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, …
Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the …
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that …
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: