Ecclesiastes 2:20-26

Thomson(i) 20 Then I turned about that my heart might state distinctly in every labour of mine in which I had toiled under the sun; 21 that here is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom and with knowledge, and with ability; and there is a man to whom, though he did not labour fur him, he shall give his portion. Surely this is vanity and a great vexation; 22 That such is the case with another man by all his labours and the vexation of his heart with which he toileth under the sun, 23 that all his days are days of sorrow and his employment grief, and even at night his heart hath no rest. Surely this is vanity. 24 [a] Hath not a man something good which he can eat and drink and which he can point out to his soul as a good by his labour? [b] With respect to that I saw indeed that even this is from the hand of God; 25 for who can eat or who can drink without him? 26 For to the man who is good in his sight he hath given wisdom and knowledge and joy; and to the sinner he hath given the trouble of gathering and heaping up to give to him who is good in the sight of God. So that this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.