Ecclesiastes 2:19 Cross References - Rotherham

¹⁹ and who could know whether a, wise man, he would be or a foolish, and yet he would lord it over all my toil, wherein I had toiled and wherein I had acted wisely, under the sun,––even this, was vanity.

¹⁴ and spake unto them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father, made your yoke heavy, but, I, will add unto your yoke,––My father, chastised you, with whips, but, I, will chastise you, with scorpions. ¹⁵ Thus the king hearkened not unto the people,––for there had come about a turn from Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite, unto Jeroboam, son of Nebat.
¹⁶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying––What portion have, we, in, David. Or inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your homes O Israel! Now, see to thine own house, O David! And Israel departed to their homes. ¹⁷ But, as for the sons of Israel who were dwelling in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. ¹⁸ Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram who was over the tribute, but all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died,––King Rehoboam, therefore, hastily mounted his chariot, to flee unto Jerusalem. ¹⁹ So Israel rebelled against the house of David,––unto this day. ²⁰ And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him into the assembly, and made him king over all Israel,––there were none that followed the house of David, saving the tribe of Judah only.

²⁵ And it came to pass, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem; ²⁶ and took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the house of the king, yea, the whole, took he away,––and took away all the bucklers of gold, which, Solomon, had made. ²⁷ So King Rehoboam made, in their stead, bucklers of bronze,––and committed them unto the hand of the captains of the runners, who kept guard at the entrance of the house of the king. ²⁸ And so it was, whensoever the king went into the house of Yahweh, the runners bare them, and then brought them back into the chamber of the runners.

¹³ And the king answered them harshly,––and King Rehoboam declined the counsel of the old men; ¹⁴ and spake unto them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father, made your yoke heavy, but, I, will add thereunto,––My father, chastised you with whips, But, I, with scorpions. ¹⁵ So the king hearkened not unto the people,––for there had come to be a turn from God, to the end Yahweh might establish his word which he had spoken by means of Ahijah the Shilonite, unto Jeroboam, son of Nebat. ¹⁶ And, when, all Israel, [saw] that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying––What portion have, we, in David, or inheritance in the son of Jesse? Every man, to your homes, O Israel! Now, see to thine own house, O David! And all Israel departed to their homes.

⁹ So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the house of the king, the whole, he took,––and he took the bucklers of gold, which Solomon had made. ¹⁰ And King Rehoboam made, instead of them, bucklers of bronze,––and committed them unto the hand of the captains of the runners, who kept guard at the entrance of the house of the king.

²² So I saw, that there was nothing better than that a man should be glad in his works, for, that, is his portion,––for who can bring him in, to look upon that which shall be after him?

¹³ Even this, had I seen of wisdom, under the sun,––and, of great import, was the same unto me:––

⁸ And the lord praised the unrighteous steward, in that with forethought he acted:––Because, the sons of this age, have more forethought than the sons of light, respecting their own generation.

¹⁷ Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is, from above, coming down from the Father of lights––with whom is no alternation, nor shadow cast, by turning:

¹⁷ But, the wisdom from above, is––first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.