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Ecclesiastes 2

Eccl. 2:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For whath hath
hava' (Hebrew #1933)
a primitive root (compare 183, 1961) supposed to mean properly, to breathe; to be (in the sense of existence)
KJV usage: be, X have.
Pronounce: haw-vaw'
Origin: or havah {haw-vaw'}
man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
of all his labor
`amal (Hebrew #5999)
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
KJV usage: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
Pronounce: aw-mawl'
Origin: from 5998
, and of the vexation
ra`yown (Hebrew #7475)
desire
KJV usage: vexation.
Pronounce: rah-yone'
Origin: from 7462 in the sense of 7469
of his heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, wherein
huw' (Hebrew #1931)
a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
KJV usage: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
Pronounce: hoo
Origin: of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}
he hath labored
`amel (Hebrew #6001)
toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful
KJV usage: that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.
Pronounce: aw-male'
Origin: from 5998
under the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
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Matt. 16:26• 26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matt. 16:26)

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Eccl. 1:3• 3What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun? (Eccl. 1:3)
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Eccl. 3:9• 9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth? (Eccl. 3:9)
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Eccl. 5:10‑11,17• 10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
 11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
 17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. (Eccl. 5:10‑11,17)
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Eccl. 6:7‑8• 7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
 8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? (Eccl. 6:7‑8)
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Eccl. 8:15• 15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. (Eccl. 8:15)
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Prov. 16:26• 26He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. (Prov. 16:26)
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1 Tim. 6:8• 8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. (1 Tim. 6:8)
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Eccl. 4:6,8• 6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
 8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. (Eccl. 4:6,8)
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Psa. 127:2• 2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. (Psa. 127:2)
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Matt. 6:11,25,34• 11Give us this day our daily bread.
 25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
 34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. (Matt. 6:11,25,34)
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Matt. 16:26• 26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matt. 16:26)
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Luke 12:22,29• 22And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
 29And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. (Luke 12:22,29)
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Phil. 4:6• 6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (Phil. 4:6)
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1 Peter 5:7• 7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (1 Peter 5:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?