Ecclesiastes 2:11

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?

1 Timothy 6:6

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Exodus 39:43

And when Moses saw all things finished, he blessed them.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.

Habakkuk 2:13

Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What hath man more of his labour?

Ecclesiastes 5:10

Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.