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What advantage does man have from all his work
Which he does under the sun (while earthbound)?

Verse ConceptsPhysical LabourToiling In VainUnder The SunQuestioning Life


That which has been is that which will be [again],
And that which has been done is that which will be done again.
So there is nothing new under the sun.

Verse ConceptsNothingThings UnderNothing NewUnder The SunSunEverything Happening For A ReasonSunshinefitness

And I set my mind to seek and explore by [man’s] wisdom all [human activity] that has been done under heaven. It is a miserable business and a burdensome task which God has given the sons of men with which to be busy and distressed.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedyexploring

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a futile grasping and chasing after the wind.

Verse ConceptsVanityPhysical LabourStraight ThingsUseless EndeavourFrustrationUnder The SunTime PassingSunexploringstrivingFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

I explored with my mind how to gratify myself with wine while [at the same time] having my mind remain steady and guide me wisely; and how to take control of foolishness, until I could see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholDrinking WineUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeexploring

Then I considered all which my hands had done and labored to do, and behold, all was vanity and chasing after the wind and there was no profit (nothing of lasting value) under the sun.

Verse ConceptsAchievementPhysical LabourdissatisfactionUseless EndeavourUnder The SunSuccess And Hard Work

So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun caused me only great sorrow; because all is futility and chasing after the wind.

Verse ConceptsWeariness Of LifeUseless EndeavourUnder The Sunfootball

So I hated all the fruit (gain) of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will succeed me.

Verse ConceptsLife DespisedHard WorkSuccess And Hard Workhardwork

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity (futility, self-conceit).

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

So I turned aside and let my heart despair over all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunDespair

For what does a man get from all his labor and from the striving and sorrow of his heart with which he labors under the sun?

Verse ConceptsTravailToiling In VainUnder The SunMen WorkingStrugglesSuccess And Hard Workhardworkstriving

He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulBeauty, In NatureAdaptabilityBeginning And EndBeing Found OutHeartbreakBeauty Of ThingsTime ManagementGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingGod's TimingGods TimingBeing BeautifulWaiting For God's Timingeternity

Moreover, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunInjusticeSunfairnesswickedness

I said to myself regarding the sons of men, “God is surely testing them in order for them to see that [by themselves, without God] they are [only] animals.”

Verse ConceptsGod Testing PeopleEverything Happening For A ReasonTestshumanityordermyself

Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

But better off than either of them is the one who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunBabies Sinful From Birth

Then I looked again at vanity under the sun [in one of its peculiar forms].

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The Sun

I have seen all the living under the sun join with the second youth (the king’s acknowledged successor) who replaces him.

Verse ConceptsUnder The Sun

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsMisersHoardingStoring Treasure On EarthUnder The SunTragedy

Behold, here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in all the labor in which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life which God gives him—for this is his [allotted] reward.

Verse ConceptsDietsEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And RejoicingSunHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifefatehardwork

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men:

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedy

For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?

Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty


For like the crackling of [burning] thorn bushes under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool;
And this too is vanity (futility).

Verse ConceptsVanityThornsUseless EndeavourWeedpot

All this I have seen while applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has exercised power over others to their detriment.

Verse ConceptsLording ItUnder The SunHurt

Then I commended pleasure and enjoyment, because a man [without God] has no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be merry, for this will stand by him in his toil through the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesExperience, of lifeEating And DrinkingUnder The SunSunFunStaying Strong During Hard TimesSleeping PeacefullyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeSunshineEnjoying Liferelaxing

and I saw all the work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though man may labor in seeking, he will not discover; and [more than that], though a wise man thinks and claims he knows, he will not be able to find it out.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutUnder The SunWisdomGod's PlanGod's WillSunThe MindGods PlanEverything Happening For A ReasonWorking For GodKnowing GodThe Beauty Of NatureGod Turning Bad Things Into GoodWorking For The LordChanging YourselfScriptureexploringworkingefforthardworkeverythingseekingmanwisetryingThe Complexity Of Nature

This evil is in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all. Also, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and afterwards they go to the dead.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

Indeed their love, their hatred and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share [in this age] in anything that is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsNot HatingUnder The SunUnlovingNot Sharing

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given you under the sun—all the days of vanity and futility. For this is your reward in life and in your work in which you have labored under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunLife StrugglesSunFinding LoveGetting Through Hard TimesBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying LifespousehardworkThe Love Of Women

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the strong, and neither is bread to the wise nor riches to those of intelligence and understanding nor favor to men of ability; but time and chance overtake them all.

Verse ConceptsBattlesCompetitionsBeing FairBrawnChanceLimitations Of StrengthSpeedFast RunnersGathering FoodEducationSunGod's TimingBattleGods TimingRaceGod's Timing And Planheroes

This [illustration of] wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and great it was to me:

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunMan's Wisdom

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler—

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunErrorTragedy

When all has been heard, the end of the matter is: fear God [worship Him with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is almighty God] and keep His commandments, for this applies to every person.

Verse ConceptsTrue ReligionFear God!Keep The Commandments!DutyFearing GodObeying Godcommandmentsreverence