Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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 what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?
What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?
Cross References
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for …
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there …
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also …
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the …
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.