Ecclesiastes 2:14-18

14 The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.
15 Then I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?” I said to myself, “This too is meaningless.”
16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!

Toil Is Meaningless

17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.

Cross References 7

  • 1. Psalms 49:10; Ecclesiastes 7:24">Pr 1Ecclesiastes 7:24; Ecclesiastes 3:19; Ecclesiastes 6:6; Ecclesiastes 7:2; Ecclesiastes 9:3,11-12
  • 2. ver 19; Ecclesiastes 6:8
  • 3. S Psalms 112:6
  • 4. S Ecclesiastes 1:11; Ecclesiastes 9:5
  • 5. Psalms 49:10
  • 6. S Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 4:2
  • 7. Psalms 39:6; Psalms 49:10
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