What Does Ecclesiastes 2:21 Mean?

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“For there is”

there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)

“a man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

“whose labour”

toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind

“is in wisdom”

wisdom (in a good sense)

“and in knowledge”

knowledge

“and in equity”

success, advantage

“a man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“that hath not laboured”

to toil, i.e., work severely and with irksomeness

“therein shall he leave”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“it for his portion”

properly, smoothness (of the tongue)

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“This also is vanity”

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

“evil”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

“and a great”

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)