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The Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 2, Verse 22

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For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
King James Version
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
American Standard Version
For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
New English Translation
Painful Days and Restless Nights What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?
World English Bible
For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
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For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.
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For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?
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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.
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To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;
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A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
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A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;