Holy Scripture

Ecclesiastes 2:20

A church father on this verse
“"So I turned my heart to despair of all that I had achieved by toiling under the sun. For there is a man who laboured with wisdom, knowledge and skill, yet he must hand on his portion to one who has not toiled for it. This too is vanity and a great evil. For what has a man in return for all his toil and his stress, wh…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ecclesiastes

Source: Septuagint

Original

20So I went about to dismiss from my heart All my labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

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18And I hated the whole of my labor Which I took under the sun; Because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

19And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? And whether he will have power over all my labor In which I labored, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? This is also vanity.

— Ecclesiastes 2:20 —

21For there is such a man that his labor Is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; Yet this man shall give his portion To one who has not labored therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

22For it happens to a man in all his labor, And in the purpose of his heart Wherein he labors under the sun.

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