Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22 in other translations
| BSB | For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun? |
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| WEB | For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun? |
| ASV | For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun? |
| YLT | For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun? |
| DARBY | For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun? |
| BBE | What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun? |
| Webster | For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun? |
What does Ecclesiastes 2:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 2:18-26
Our hearts are very loth to quit their expectations of great things from the creature; but Solomon came to this at length. The world is a vale of tears, even to those that have much of it. See what fools they are, who make themselves drudges to the world, which affords a man nothing better than subsistence for the body. And the utmost he can attain in this respect is to allow himself a sober, cheerful use thereof…
Ecclesiastes 2:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 2:22
- Psalms 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
- Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
- Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
- Philippians 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
- 1 Timothy 6:8
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
- Matthew 6:34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
- 1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
- Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.
- Ecclesiastes 5:17
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
- Ecclesiastes 8:15
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:21
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 2:22
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque ¿qué tiene el hombre de todo su trabajo, y fatiga de su corazón, con que debajo del sol él se afanara? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car qu’est-ce que l’homme a de tout son travail, et de la poursuite de son cœur, dont il s’est tourmenté sous le soleil? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn was wird dem Menschen bei all seiner Mühe und beim Trachten seines Herzens, womit er sich abmüht unter der Sonne? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quid enim proderit homini de universo labore suo, et afflictione spiritus, qua sub sole cruciatus est? |