14 I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is (A)futility and striving after wind.

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14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)

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22 For what does a person get in (A)all his labor and in [a]his striving with which he labors under the sun? 23 Because all his days his activity is painful and (B)irritating; even at night his [b]mind (C)does not rest. This too is futility.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:22 Lit the striving of his heart
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:23 Lit heart

22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?(A) 23 All their days their work is grief and pain;(B) even at night their minds do not rest.(C) This too is meaningless.

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