Ecclesiastes 2:21
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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
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.
For there is a man whose labour <FI>is<Fi> in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it--his portion! Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity and a great evil.
Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.
Cross References
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord …
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and …
But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom …
So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the …
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David …
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did …
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and …
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the …
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is …
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the …