Ecclesiastes 2:23

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21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet he must leave his¹ heritage to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

22 ^aFor what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?

23 For all his days are ^asorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

24 ^aNothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God.

25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment,¹ more than I?

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Ecclesiastes 2:23

His days are sorrows - What a picture of human life where the heart is not filled with the peace and love of God! All his days are sorrows; all his labors griefs; all his nights restless; for he has no portion but merely what earth can give; and that is embittered by the labor of acquisition, and the disappointment in the using.

This is also vanity - Emptiness of good and substantial misery.

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