the vanity of human courses is the work of pleasure,1-11 Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event,12-17. The vanity of human labour, in leaving it they know not to whom, 18-23. Nothing better than joy in our labour; but that is God's gift 24-26

said 2:15 1:16,17 3:17,18 Ps 10:6 14:1 27:8 30:6,7 Lu 12:19

go to Ge 11:3,4,7 2Ki 5:5 Isa 5:5 Jas 4:13 5:1

i will 8:15 11:9 Isa 50:5,11 Lu 16:19,23 Jas 5:5 Tit 3:3 Re 18:7,8

2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

i said Solomon is not speaking here of sober enjoyment of the things of the world, but of an intemperate pleasure whose two attendants, laughter and mirth are introduced by a beautiful prosopopaeia, as in two persons, whom he treats with the utmost contempt.

it is 7:2-6 Pr 14:13 Isa 22:12,13 Am 6:3-6 1Pe 4:2-4

3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

sought 1:17 1Sa 25:36

give myself unto wine or draw myself with wine Pr 20:1 31:4,5 Eph 5:18

and to lay 7:18 Pr 20:1 23:29-35 Mt 6:24 2Co 6:15-17

till 6:12 12:13

all Ge 47:9 Job 14:14 Ps 90:9-12

4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

made Ge 11:4 2Sa 18:18 Da 4:30

I builded De 8:12-14 1Ki 7:1,2,8-12 9:1 15:19 10:19,20 2Ch 8:1-6,11

i planted 1Ch 27:27 2Ch 26:10 So 1:14 7:12 8:11,12 Isa 5:1

5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

me So 4:12-16 5:1 6:2 Jer 39:4

i planted Ge 2:8,9 Lu 17:27-29

6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

pools Ne 2:14 So 7:4

to water Ps 1:3 Jer 17:8

7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

servants 1Ki 9:20-22 Ezr 2:58 Ne 7:57

and Ge 17:12,13

servants born in my house or sons of my house Ge 13:2 2Ki 3:4 1Ch 27:29-31 2Ch 26:10 32:27-29 Job 1:3 42:12

8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

silver 1Ki 9:14,28 10:10 14:21,22,27 2Ch 9:11,15-21

men singers 2Sa 19:35 Ezr 2:65

musical instruments 1Ch 25:1,6 Job 21:11,12 Ps 150:3-5 Da 3:5,7,15 Am 6:5

9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

1:16 1Ki 3:12 10:7,23 1Ch 29:25 2Ch 1:1 9:22,23

10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

whatsoever 3:22 6:9 11:9 Ge 3:6 6:2 Jud 14:2 Job 31:1 Ps 119:37 Pr 23:5 1Jo 2:16

my heart rejoiced 2:1,22 5:18 9:9 Ps 128:2

11 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.

i looked 2:14 Ge 1:31 Ex 39:43 1Jo 2:16,17

behold 1:3,14 Hab 2:13 1Ti 6:6

12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

i turned 1:17 7:25

even that which hath already been done 2:25

13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

i saw 7:11,12 9:16 Pr 4:5-7 16:16 Mal 3:18 4:1,2

that wisdom excelleth folly or that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly

light 11:7 Ps 119:105,130 Pr 4:18,19 Mt 6:23 Lu 11:7 Eph 5:8

14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

wise 8:1 10:2,3 Pr 14:8 17:24 1Jo 2:11

one 9:1-3,11,16 Ps 19:10 49:10

15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

even to me 1:16,18 1Ki 3:12

then 1:2,14

16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

there is 1:11 Ex 1:6,8 Ps 88:12 103:16 Mal 3:16

how 6:8 2Sa 3:33 Ps 49:10 Heb 9:27

17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

i hated Nu 11:15 1Ki 19:4 Job 3:20-22 7:15,16 14:13 Jer 20:14-18 Jon 4:3,8 Php 1:23-25

work 1:14 3:16 Eze 3:14 Hab 1:3

for 2:11,22 6:9 Ps 89:47

18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

i hated 2:4-9 1:13 4:3 5:18 9:9

taken 2:26 5:13,14 1Ki 11:1-13 Ps 17:14 39:6 49:10 Lu 12:20 16:27,28 Ac 20:29,30 1Co 3:10

19 And 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.

who knoweth 3:22 1Ki 12:14 14:25-28 2Ch 10:13-16 12:9,10

wise under 9:13 Lu 16:8 Jas 1:17 3:17

20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Ge 43:14 Job 17:11-15 Ps 39:6,7 1Co 15:19 2Co 1:8-10 1Th 3:3,4

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.

whose 2:17,18 9:18 2Ch 31:20,21 33:2-9 34:2 35:18 36:5 Jer 22:15,17

leave

22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

hath man 1:3 3:9 5:10,11,17 6:7,8 8:15 Pr 16:26 1Ti 6:8

and of the 4:6,8 Ps 127:2 Mt 6:11,25,34 16:26 Lu 12:22,29 Php 4:6 1Pe 5:7

23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

all Ge 47:9 Job 5:7 14:1 Ps 90:7-10,15 127:2

his heart 5:12 Es 6:1 Job 7:13,14 Ps 6:6,7 32:4 77:2-4 Da 6:18 Ac 14:22

24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

nothing 3:12,13,22 5:18 8:15 9:7-9 11:9,10 De 12:12,18 Ne 8:10 Ac 14:17 1Ti 6:17

make his soul enjoy good 3:13 5:19 6:2 Mal 2:2 Lu 12:19,20

25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

who can 1:12 1Ki 4:21-24

26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

in his sight Ge 7:1 Lu 1:6

wisdom 2Ch 31:20,21 Pr 3:13-18 Isa 3:10,11 Joh 16:24 Ro 14:17,18 Jas 3:17

to the sinner Job 27:16,17 Pr 13:22 28:8