King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:22 in the King James Version says “For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?”
Ecclesiastes 2:22 · KJV
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. leave: Heb. give
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. should make: or, delight his senses
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of all his labour”
H5999toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
“of his heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“wherein”
H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“under the sun”
H8121the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
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