ach. 1:3
bPs. 39:6; 49:10
cch. 7:25
dch. 1:3
eSee ch. 1:3
fJob 5:7; 14:1
gSee ch. 1:13
h[ch. 7:15; 9:9]
jch. 8:13; See Job 14:2
k[ch. 2:18; 3:22]

Ecclesiastes 2:18-23

The Vanity of Toil

18I hated aall my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must bleave it to the man who will come after me, 19and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 20So I cturned about and gave my heart up to despair dover all the toil of my labors under the sun, 21because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22What has a man from eall the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? 23For fall his days are full of sorrow, and his gwork is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

12For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his hvain ▼
▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
 life, which he passes like ja shadow? For who can tell man what will be kafter him under the sun?

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