Chuándàoshū 2:21

21 Yīnwei yǒu rén yòng zhìhuì zhīshi língqiǎo suǒ laólù dé lái de , què yào liú gĕi wèicéng laólù de rén wèi fēn . zhè yĕ shì xū kōng , yĕ shì dà huàn .

Chuándàoshū 2:21 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:21

For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in
knowledge, and in equity
Who does all he does, in natural, civil, and religious things, in the state, in his family, and the world, and whatsoever business he is engaged, in the wisest and best manner, with the utmost honesty and integrity, according to all the rules of wisdom and knowledge, and of justice and equity; meaning himself; the Midrash interprets this of God; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for]
his portion;
to his son, heir, and successor; who never took any pains, or joined with him, in acquiring the least part of it; and yet all comes into his hands, as his possession and inheritance: the Targum interprets this of a man that dies without children; and so others ^F26 understand it of his leaving his substance to strangers, and not to his children. This also [is] vanity, and a great evil;
not anything sinful and criminal, but vexatious and distressing.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 R. Joseph Titatzak in loc.

Chuándàoshū 2:21 In-Context

19 Nà rén shì zhìhuì , shì yúmeì , shuí néng zhīdào . tā jìng yào guǎnlǐ wǒ laólù suǒ dé de , jiù shì wǒ zaì rì guāng zhī xià yòng zhìhuì suǒ dé de . zhè yĕ shì xū kōng .

20 Gùcǐ , wǒ zhuǎn xiǎng wǒ zaì rì guāng zhī Xiàsuǒ laólù de yīqiè gōngzuò , xīn biàn jué wàng .

21 Yīnwei yǒu rén yòng zhìhuì zhīshi língqiǎo suǒ laólù dé lái de , què yào liú gĕi wèicéng laólù de rén wèi fēn . zhè yĕ shì xū kōng , yĕ shì dà huàn .

22 Rén zaì rì guāng zhī xià laólù léi xīn , zaì tā yīqiè de laólù rén dé zhe shénme ne .

23 Yīnwei tā rì rì yōulǜ , tāde laókǔ chéngwéi chóu fán . lián yè jiān xīn yĕ bú ān . zhè yĕ shì xū kōng .