Ecclesiastes 2:19-26

  19 H3045 And who knoweth [H8802]   H2450 whether he shall be a wise H5530 man or a fool H7980 ? yet shall he have rule [H8799]   H5999 over all my labour H5998 wherein I have laboured [H8804]   H2449 , and wherein I have shewed myself wise [H8804]   H8121 under the sun H1892 . This is also vanity.

  20 H5437 Therefore I went about [H8804]   H2976 to cause H3820 my heart H2976 to despair [H8763]   H5999 of all the labour H5998 which I took [H8804]   H8121 under the sun.

  21 H3426 For there is H120 a man H5999 whose labour H2451 is in wisdom H1847 , and in knowledge H3788 , and in equity H120 ; yet to a man H5998 that hath not laboured [H8804]   H5414 therein shall he leave [H8799]   H2506 it for his portion H1892 . This also is vanity H7227 and a great H7451 evil.

  22 H1933 For what hath [H8802]   H120 man H5999 of all his labour H7475 , and of the vexation H3820 of his heart H1931 , wherein H6001 he hath laboured H8121 under the sun?

  23 H3117 For all his days H4341 are sorrows H6045 , and his travail H3708 grief H3820 ; yea, his heart H7901 taketh not rest [H8804]   H3915 in the night H1892 . This is also vanity.

  24 H2896 There is nothing better H120 for a man H398 , than that he should eat [H8799]   H8354 and drink [H8804]   H5315 , and that he should make his soul H7200 enjoy [H8689]   H2896 good H5999 in his labour H2090 . This H7200 also I saw [H8804]   H3027 , that it was from the hand H430 of God.

  25 H398 For who can eat [H8799]   H2363 , or who else can hasten [H8799]   H2351 hereunto, more than I?

  26 H5414 For God giveth [H8804]   H120 to a man H2896 that is good H6440 in his sight H2451 wisdom H1847 , and knowledge H8057 , and joy H2398 : but to the sinner [H8802]   H5414 he giveth [H8804]   H6045 travail H622 , to gather [H8800]   H3664 and to heap up [H8800]   H5414 , that he may give [H8800]   H2896 to him that is good H6440 before H430 God H1892 . This also is vanity H7469 and vexation H7307 of spirit.