Ecclesiastes 2:11

New Living Translation

But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!

Exodus 39:43

Then Moses inspected all their work. When he found it had been done just as the Lord had commanded him, he blessed them.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What do people get for all their hard work under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What do people really get for all their hard work?

Ecclesiastes 5:10

Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.

Habakkuk 2:13

Has not the Lord of Heaven’s Armies promised that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes? They work so hard, but all in vain!

1 Timothy 6:6

Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.