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Ecclesiastes 3:22 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 3 · verse 22
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?Ecclesiastes 3:22 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:22 in context
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- perceiverâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- rejoicesâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- portionchêleqproperly, smoothnessH2506 →
- betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- worksmaʻăsehan actionH4639 →
- bringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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Solomon is still showing that every thing in this world, without piety and the fear of God, is vanity. Take away religion, and there is nothing valuable among men, nothing for the sake of which a wise man would think it worth while to live in this world.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22