Ecclesiastes 1:13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 I applied my mind to seek(A) and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven.(B) God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.(C)
Read full chapter
Ecclesiastes 1:13
King James Version
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Read full chapter
Ecclesiastes 1:13
New King James Version
13 And I set my heart to seek and (A)search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; (B)this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be [a]exercised.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:13 Or afflicted
Ecclesiastes 2:26
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy,(A) but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight.(B) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.(C)
Read full chapter
Ecclesiastes 2:26
King James Version
26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Read full chapter
Ecclesiastes 2:26
New King James Version
26 For God gives (A)wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that (B)he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Read full chapterCopyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.