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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ecclesiastes 2 Christian Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ecclesiastes/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ecclesiastes/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CSB</a> > Ecclesiastes 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ecclesiastes/1.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 1">◄</a> Ecclesiastes 2 <a href="../ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/ecclesiastes/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Ecclesiastes.2" /><h3 class="head1">The Emptiness of Pleasure</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I said about laughter,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> “It is madness,” and about pleasure, “What does this accomplish? ” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I explored with my mind the pull of wine<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> on my body — my mind still guiding me with wisdom — and how to grasp folly,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> during the few days of their lives.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.3.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">The Emptiness of Possessions</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I increased my achievements. I built houses<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and planted vineyards<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> for myself. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I made gardens<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and parks for myself and planted every kind of fruit tree in them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I constructed reservoirs for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I acquired male and female servants and had slaves who were born in my house.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> I also owned livestock — large herds and flocks — more than all who were before me in Jerusalem.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> I gathered male and female singers for myself,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and many concubines, the delights of men.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.8.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> my wisdom also remained with me. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When I considered all that I had accomplished<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.11.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> There was nothing to be gained under the sun.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">The Relative Value of Wisdom</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then I turned to consider wisdom,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> madness, and folly, for what will the king’s successor<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> be like? He<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.12.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> will do what has already been done.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The wise person has eyes in his head,</p><p class="poem">but the fool walks in darkness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="noind">Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> And I said to myself that this is also futile. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies just like the fool? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.</p><h3 class="head1">The Emptiness of Work</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.18.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So I began to give myself over<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.20.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> to despair concerning all my work that I had labored at under the sun. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When there is a person whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and he must give his portion to a person who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> that he labors at under the sun? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> even at night, his mind does not rest.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.23.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> This too is futile.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.24.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.24.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> his work.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.24.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>because who can eat and who can enjoy life<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.25.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> apart from him?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.2.25.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.2.26" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For to the person who is pleasing in his sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></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.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.26.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.26.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Ecclesiastes.2" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.3">2:3</a></span> Two Hb mss, LXX, Syr read <span class="italic">the sun</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.8">2:8</a></span> LXX, Theod, Syr read <span class="italic">and male cupbearers and female cupbearers</span> ; Aq, Tg, Vg read <span class="italic">a cup and cups</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.8.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.8">2:8</a></span> Or <span class="italic">many treasures that people delight in</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.11">2:11</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">all my works that my hands had done</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.11.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.11">2:11</a></span> Or <span class="italic">a feeding on wind</span>, or <span class="italic">an affliction of spirit</span> ; also in vv. 17,26</aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.12">2:12</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the man who comes after the king</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.12.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.12">2:12</a></span> Some Hb mss read <span class="italic">They</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.20.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.20">2:20</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">And I turned to cause my heart</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.24.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.24">2:24</a></span> Syr, Tg; MT reads <span class="italic">There is no good in a person who eats and drinks and enjoys</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.24.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.24">2:24</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">and his soul sees good</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.25.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.25">2:25</a></span> LXX, Theod, Syr read <span class="italic">can drink</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.2.25.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.25">2:25</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr read <span class="italic">me</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Ecclesiastes.2" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.1">2:1</a></span> Ec 7:4; 8:15; Lk 12:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.2">2:2</a></span> Pr 14:13; Ec 7:3,6</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.3">2:3</a></span> Ps 104:15; Ec 10:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.3">2:3</a></span> Ec 7:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.3.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.3">2:3</a></span> Ec 2:24; 3:12,13; 5:18; 8:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.4">2:4</a></span> 1Kg 7:1–12</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.4">2:4</a></span> Sg 8:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.5">2:5</a></span> Sg 4:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.6">2:6</a></span> Neh 2:14; 3:15–16</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.7">2:7</a></span> Gn 14:14; 15:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.7">2:7</a></span> 1Kg 4:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.8">2:8</a></span> 1Kg 9:28; 10:10,14,21</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.8">2:8</a></span> 2Sm 19:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.9">2:9</a></span> 1Ch 29:25; Ec 1:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.10">2:10</a></span> Ec 6:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.10">2:10</a></span> Ec 3:22; 5:18; 9:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.11">2:11</a></span> Ec 1:14; 2:22–23</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.11">2:11</a></span> Ec 1:3; 3:9; 5:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.12">2:12</a></span> Ec 1:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.12">2:12</a></span> Ec 1:9–10; 3:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.13">2:13</a></span> Ec 7:11–12,19; 9:18; 10:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.14">2:14</a></span> Pr 2:10–13; 1Jn 2:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.14">2:14</a></span> Ps 49:10; Ec 3:19; 6:6; 7:2; 9:2–3</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.15">2:15</a></span> Ec 6:8,11; 7:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.16">2:16</a></span> Dt 32:26; 2Sm 18:18; Ec 1:11; 9:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.18">2:18</a></span> Ec 1:3; 2:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.18.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.18">2:18</a></span> Ps 39:6; 49:10; Pr 13:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.19">2:19</a></span> Ezk 18:9–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.21">2:21</a></span> Ec 4:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.22">2:22</a></span> Ec 1:3; 2:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.23">2:23</a></span> Jb 5:7; 14:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.23.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.23">2:23</a></span> Ps 127:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.24">2:24</a></span> Ec 2:3; 3:12–13,22; 5:18; 6:12; 8:15; 9:7; Is 56:12; Lk 12:19; 1Co 15:32; 1Tm 6:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.24.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.24">2:24</a></span> Ec 3:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.26">2:26</a></span> Jb 32:8; Pr 2:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.26.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.26">2:26</a></span> Jb 27:16–17; Pr 13:22; 28:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.2.26.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.2.26">2:26</a></span> Ec 1:14</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Ecclesiastes.2" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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