For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ecclesiastes 2:26 in context
Ecclesiastes 2:23–26
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For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
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There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
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For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
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For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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