Ecclesiastes 2:19 - The Scriptures 2009

And who knows whether he is wise or foolish? Yet he shall rule over all my labour in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. That too is futile.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have dominion over all my labor in which I have toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!

American Standard Version (1901)

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Common English Bible

And who knows whether that one will be wise or foolish? Either way, that person will have control over the results of all my hard work and wisdom here under the sun. That too is pointless.

Catholic Public Domain Version

though I know not whether he will be wise or foolish. And yet he will have power over my labors, in which I have toiled and been anxious. And is there anything else so empty?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?

Ecclesiastes 2:19 Cross References

1 Kings 11:43

So Shelomoh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the City of Dawiḏ his father, and Reḥaḇ‛am his son reigned in his place.

1 Kings 12:13

But the sovereign answered the people harshly, and ignored the advice which the elders had given him,

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labour in which I had toiled, see, all was futile and feeding on wind, and there was no gain under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:20

So I turned my heart and despaired of all the labour in which I had toiled under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I saw that man could do no better but to rejoice in his own works, for that is his portion. For who would bring him to see what shall be after him?

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Also this I saw as wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me:

Luke 16:8

“And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly, because the sons of this age are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of silver is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some, by longing for it, have strayed from the belief, and pierced themselves through with many pains.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first clean, then peaceable, gentle, ready to obey, filled with compassion and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.