Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to a man who is good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- עִנְיָןʻinyânado, i.e. (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair
- רְעוּתrᵉʻûwtha feeding upon, i.e. grasping after
- כָּנַסkânaçto collect; hence, to enfold
- הֶבֶלhebelemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as
- דַּעַתdaʻathknowledge
- שִׂמְחָהsimchâhblithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
- חׇכְמָהchokmâhwisdom (in a good sense)
- אָסַףʼâçaphto gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behin
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Pro 13:22, Job 27:16–17, Pro 28:8, Jhn 16:24, Isa 3:10–11, 2Ch 31:20–21, Col 3:16–17, Pro 3:13–18