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Ecclesiastes 2:21 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 2 · verse 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.Ecclesiastes 2:21 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:21 in context
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.
22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- knowledgedaʻathknowledgeH1847 →
- labouredʻâmalto toilH5998 →
- portionchêleqproperly, smoothnessH2506 →
- labourʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- wisdomchokmâhwisdomH2451 →
- equitykishrôwnsuccess, advantageH3788 →
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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