Ecclesiastes 2:11

WEB

¹¹Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

KJV

¹¹Then 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.

BSB

¹¹Yet 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.

FBV

¹¹But when I thought about what I had worked so hard to achieve, everything I'd done, it was so short-lived—as significant as someone trying to catch the wind. There really is no enduring benefit here on earth.

Extra References

Ecclesiastes 1:14

¹⁴I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

1 John 2:16-17

¹⁶For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. ¹⁷The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

³What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

1 Timothy 6:6

⁶^[+] But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Exodus 39:43

⁴³Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded. They had done so; and Moses blessed them.

Genesis 1:31

³¹God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Habakkuk 2:13

¹³Behold, isn’t it from the LORD of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Ecclesiastes 2:17-23

¹⁷So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind. ¹⁸I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. ¹⁹Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

²⁰Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun. ²¹For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. ²²For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun? ²³For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.