Ecclesiastes 2:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 2:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 2:19 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have labou..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 2:19 — KJV
“And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.”
— Ecclesiastes 2:19 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 2:19 in Context — About the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching look at life under the sun — wealth, pleasure, work, and wisdom all tested and found fleeting. Its honesty disarms cynics, then lands on bedrock: fear God, keep His commands, and receive each ordinary day as His gift.
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 2:19
“Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:19: labour, laboured, under
“For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. leave: Heb. give”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:19: yet, labour, laboured
“For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:19: labour, wherein, laboured
“All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:19: rule, over, wherein
“Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:19: wise, yet, labour
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