Ecclesiastes 2:21-23
American Standard Version
21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with [a]skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he [b]leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the [c]striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun? 23 For 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.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:21 Or, success
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 Hebrew give.
- Ecclesiastes 2:22 Or, vexation
Ecclesiastes 2:21-23
New International Version
21 For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. 22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?(A) 23 All their days their work is grief and pain;(B) even at night their minds do not rest.(C) This too is meaningless.
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