Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation and he might be wise, or he might be foolish--who knows? Yet he will own everything I have worked for, everything my wisdom has earned for me in this world. It is all useless. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there anything so vain? who knoweth Ecclesiastes 3:22 And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him? 1 Kings 12:14 And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions. 1 Kings 14:25-28 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem. . . . 2 Chronicles 10:13-16 And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients. . . . 2 Chronicles 12:9,10 So Sesac king of Egypt departed from Jerusalem, taking away the treasures of the king's house, and he took all with him, and the golden shields that Solomon had made, . . . wise under Ecclesiastes 9:13 This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great: Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. James 1:17 Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration. James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation. Context The Futility of Work18Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me, 19Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there anything so vain?20Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring anymore under the sun.… Cross References 1 Timothy 6:10 For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows. 1 Kings 12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, Ecclesiastes 2:20 Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring anymore under the sun. Jump to Previous Acting Control Effort Fool Fruit Labor Laboured Master Poured Rule Shewed Showed Shown Skill Sun Toiled Used Vanity Wherein Whether Wisdom Wise Wisely WorkJump to Next Acting Control Effort Fool Fruit Labor Laboured Master Poured Rule Shewed Showed Shown Skill Sun Toiled Used Vanity Wherein Whether Wisdom Wise Wisely WorkLinks Ecclesiastes 2:19 NIVEcclesiastes 2:19 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:19 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:19 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:19 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 2:19 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:19 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:19 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:19 German Bible Alphabetical: a acting all And be by control effort fool for fruit have he I into is knows labor labored man meaningless my of or over poured skill sun the This too under vanity whether which who will wise wisely work Yet OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 2:19 Who knows whether he will be (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |