Discovery Box| (1.00) | Ecc 1:17 |
| So I decided 1 to discern the benefit of 2 wisdom and knowledge over 3 foolish behavior and ideas; 4 however, I concluded 5 that even 6 this endeavor 7 is like 8 trying to chase the wind! 9 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:1 |
| I thought to myself, 1 “Come now, 2 I will try 3 self-indulgent pleasure 4 to see 5 if it is worthwhile.” 6 But I found 7 that it also is futile. 8 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:3 |
| I thought deeply 1 about the effects of 2 indulging 3 myself 4 with wine (all the while 5 my mind was guiding me 6 with wisdom) 7 and the effects of 8 behaving foolishly, 9 so that |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:4 |
| I increased my possessions: 1 I built houses for myself; 2 I planted vineyards for myself. |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:10 |
| I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; 1 I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. 2 So all my accomplishments gave me joy; 3 this was my reward for all my effort. 4 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:11 |
| Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished 1 and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, 2 I concluded: 3 “All these 4 achievements and possessions 5 are ultimately 6 profitless 7 – like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained 8 from them 9 on earth.” |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:17 |
| So I loathed 1 life 2 because what happens 3 on earth 4 seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom 5 are futile – like chasing the wind. |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:18 |
| So I loathed all the fruit of 1 my effort, 2 for which I worked so hard 3 on earth, 4 because 5 I must leave it 6 behind 7 in the hands of my successor. 8 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:19 |
| Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet 1 he will be master over all the fruit of 2 my labor 3 for which I worked so wisely 4 on earth! 5 This also is futile! |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:20 |
| So I began to despair 1 about all the fruit of 2 my labor 3 for which I worked so hard 4 on earth. 5 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:21 |
| For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over 1 the fruit of his labor 2 as an inheritance 3 to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice! 4 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:22 |
| What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? 1 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:23 |
| For all day long 1 his work produces pain and frustration, 2 and even at night his mind cannot relax! 3 This also is futile! |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:24 |
| There is nothing better for 1 people 2 than 3 to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment 4 in their 5 work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment 6 comes from God. 7 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 2:26 |
| For to the one who pleases him, 1 God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing 2 wealth 3 – only to give 4 it 5 to the one who pleases God. This 6 task of the wicked 7 is futile – like chasing the wind! |
| (1.00) | Ecc 3:9 |
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| (1.00) | Ecc 3:10 |
| I have observed the burden that God has given to people 1 to keep them occupied. |
| (1.00) | Ecc 3:11 |
| God has made everything fit beautifully 1 in its appropriate time, but 2 he has also placed ignorance 3 in the human heart 4 so that 5 people 6 cannot discover what God has ordained, 7 from the beginning to the end 8 of their lives. 9 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 3:13 |
| and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things 1 are a gift from God. |
| (1.00) | Ecc 3:14 |
| I also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him. |
