Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge i looked Ecclesiastes 2:14 Genesis 1:31 Exodus 39:43 1 John 2:16, 17 behold Ecclesiastes 1:3, 14 Habakkuk 2:13 1 Timothy 6:6 Chapter Outline 1. the vanity of human courses is the work of pleasure12. Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event 18. The vanity of human labor, in leaving it they know not to whom 24. Nothing better than joy in our labor but that is God's gift Jump to Previous Achieve Activities Advantage Chasing Considered Cost Gained Hands Labor Laboured Profit Purpose Pursuit Spent Spirit Striving Sun Surveyed Toil Toiled Vanity Vexation Whole Wind Worked Working Works WroughtJump to Next Achieve Activities Advantage Chasing Considered Cost Gained Hands Labor Laboured Profit Purpose Pursuit Spent Spirit Striving Sun Surveyed Toil Toiled Vanity Vexation Whole Wind Worked Working Works Wrought |
Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun. King James Bible Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. Holman Christian Standard Bible When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun. International Standard Version Then I examined all of my accomplishments that I had brought about by my own efforts, including the work that I had labored so hard to complete—and it was all pointless, like chasing after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained on earth. NET Bible Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: "All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless--like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth." Links Ecclesiastes 2:11 NIVEcclesiastes 2:11 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:11 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:11 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:11 KJV Ecclesiastes 2:11 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 2:11 Parallel Ecclesiastes 2:11 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:11 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:11 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:11 German Bible Ecclesiastes 2:11 Commentaries Bible Hub |
