Ecclesiastes 2:25

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I?

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  • 1 Kgs 4:21-24 : 21 And Solomon hath been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River `to' the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt: they are bringing nigh a present, and serving Solomon, all days of his life. 22 And the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors of meal; 23 ten fat oxen, and twenty feeding oxen, and a hundred sheep, apart from hart, and roe, and fallow-deer, and fatted beasts of the stalls, 24 for he is ruling over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and unto Gaza, over all the kings beyond the river, and he hath peace from all his servants round about.
  • Eccl 2:1-9 : 1 I said in my heart, `Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it `is' vanity. 2 Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What `is' this it is doing?' 3 I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where `is' this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives. 4 I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards. 5 I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit. 6 I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees. 7 I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance -- herd and flock -- above all who had been before me in Jerusalem. 8 I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man -- a wife and wives. 9 And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me. 10 And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour, 11 and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun! 12 And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what `is' the man who cometh after the king? that which `is' already -- they have done it!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 2:17-24
    8 verses
    87%

    17And I have hated life, for sad to me `is' the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

    18And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.

    19And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also `is' vanity.

    20And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labour `is' in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this `is' vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

    23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.

    24There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it `is' from the hand of God.

  • Eccl 8:15-17
    3 verses
    83%

    15And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.

    16When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),

    17then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

  • Eccl 3:22
    83%

    22And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it `is' his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

  • Eccl 5:17-20
    4 verses
    81%

    17Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

    18Lo, that which I have seen: `It is' good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it `is' his portion.

    19Every man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of God.

    20For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

  • Eccl 2:9-12
    4 verses
    81%

    9And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.

    10And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,

    11and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

    12And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what `is' the man who cometh after the king? that which `is' already -- they have done it!

  • Eccl 3:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

    13yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it `is' a gift of God.

  • Eccl 2:26
    79%

    26For to a man who `is' good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1I said in my heart, `Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it `is' vanity.

    2Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What `is' this it is doing?'

    3I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where `is' this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

    4I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.

  • Eccl 6:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

    8For what advantage `is' to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?

    9Better `is' the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 1:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It `is' a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

    14I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit!

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?

    12For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 6:2
    76%

    2A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this `is' vanity, and it `is' an evil disease.

  • Eccl 4:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6`Better `is' a handful `with' quietness, than two handfuls `with' labour and vexation of spirit.'

    7And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

    8There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and `he saith not', `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

  • Eccl 1:3
    76%

    3What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

  • Eccl 4:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3And better than both of them `is' he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

    4And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:15
    75%

    15and I said in my heart, `As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?' And I spake in my heart, that also this `is' vanity:

  • Eccl 3:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

    10I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

  • Eccl 1:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16I -- I spake with my heart, saying, `I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge.

    17And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this `is' vexation of spirit;

  • Eccl 5:11
    74%

    11In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit `is' to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

  • Eccl 9:7
    74%

    7Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

  • Eccl 4:16
    73%

    16there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 9:10
    73%

    10All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.