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Ecclesiastes 2:19 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 2 · verse 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.Ecclesiastes 2:19 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:19 in context
17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19And 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.
20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21For 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- labouredʻâmalto toilH5998 →
- knowethyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- labourʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- wisechâkâmwiseH2450 →
- foolçâkâlsillyH5530 →
- ruleshâlaṭto dominateH7980 →
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Business is a thing that wise men have pleasure in. They are in their element when they are in their business, and complain if they be out of business. They may sometimes be tired with their business, but they are not weary of it, nor willing to leave it off.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-26