Maggie's Farm

Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23

1:2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

1:12I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

1:13I  applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done
under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to humans to
be busy with.

1:14 I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun, and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

2:18 I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to my successor,

2:19 and
who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will be master of
all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is
vanity.

2:20 So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun,

2:21 because
sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must
leave all to be enjoyed by another who did not toil for it. This also is
vanity and a great evil.

2:22 What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun

2:23 For
all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at
night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity.