Ecclesiastes 2:22 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²²For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:22 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Psalms 127:2
It 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.
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 Timothy 6:8
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-26)

Business is a thing that wise men have pleasure in. They are in their element when they are in their business, and complain if they be out of business. They may sometimes be tired with their business, but they are not weary of it, nor willing to leave it off. Here therefore one would expect to have found the good that men should do, but Solomon tried this too; after a contemplative life and a volu…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 22)

22. Same sentiment as in Ec 2:21, interrogatively.