Ecclesiastes 2:25
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 2:25 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 2:25 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 2:25 — KJV
“For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?”
— Ecclesiastes 2:25 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 2:25 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 2:25
“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:25: can, eat, more
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:25: eat, more, than
“And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. My...: or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:25: can, eat, than
“There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:25: can, eat, than
“Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. all...: Heb. all his neighbours”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:25: can, eat, hereunto
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