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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 2:11 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Ec 2:11	Strong Concordance	Then I looked [06437] on all the works [04639] that my hands [03027] had wrought [06213], and on the labour [05999] that I had laboured [05998] to do [06213]: and, behold, all was vanity [01892] and vexation [07469] of spirit [07307], and there was no profit [03504] under the sun [08121].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
But all these I felt were only "vanity," and of "no profit" as to the chief good. "Wisdom" (worldly common sense, sagacity), which still "remained with me" (Ecc 2:9), showed me that these could not give solid happiness.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

But all these I felt were only "vanity," and of "no profit" as to the chief good. "Wisdom" (worldly common sense, sagacity), which still "remained with me" (Ecc 2:9), showed me that these could not give solid happiness.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Vexation - I found myself wholly dissatisfied. No profit - The pleasure was past, and I was never the better for it, but as empty as before.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Vexation - I found myself wholly dissatisfied. No profit - The pleasure was past, and I was never the better for it, but as empty as before.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And, behold, all was vanity - Emptiness and insufficiency in itself. And vexation of spirit - Because it promised the good I wished for, but did not, could not, perform the promise; and left my soul discontented and chagrined.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

And, behold, all was vanity - Emptiness and insufficiency in itself.

And vexation of spirit - Because it promised the good I wished for, but did not, could not, perform the promise; and left my soul discontented and chagrined.

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