Ecclesiastes 2:21 - Y'all Version Bible

²¹ For there is a person whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness, yet they must leave their portion to someone who has not labored for it. This also is emptiness and a great evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For here is a man whose labor is with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who has not toiled for it he must leave it all as his portion. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and a great evil!

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Common English Bible

²¹ because sometimes those who have worked hard with wisdom, knowledge, and skill must leave the results of their hard work as a possession to those who haven’t worked hard for it. This too is pointless—it’s a terrible wrong.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ For when someone labors in wisdom, and doctrine, and prudence, he leaves behind what he has obtained to one who is idle. So this, too, is emptiness and a great burden.

Ecclesiastes 2:21 Tagairtí Cros

2 Chronicles 34:2

He did that which was right in YHWH’s eyes, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left.

2 Chronicles 35:18

There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, nor did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept—with the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Psalm 39:7

Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

Psalm 49:10

For everryone see that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 49:11

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

Ecclesiastes 2:20

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw all the labor and achievement come from the envy of a one’s neighbor. This also is emptiness and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is emptiness. Yes, it is a miserable business.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

Jeremiah 22:15

“Should you reign because you compete in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”