Ecclesiastes 2

NET

11 Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: “All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless—like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth.”


Darby

11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost meD4482 to do [them]; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.


Darby Bible Notes

me - Lit 'that I had laboured,' as vers. 19,20.


KJV

11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.


Strong's

11 Then I lookedH6437 on all the worksH4639 that my handsH3027 had wroughtH6213, and on the labourH5999 that I had labouredH5998 to doH6213: and, behold, all was vanityH1892 and vexationH7469 of spiritH7307, and there was] was no profitH3504 under the sunH8121.