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Ecclesiastes 2:11

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← Ecclesiastes 2:10	Ecclesiastes 2:11 (KJV)	Ecclesiastes 2:12 →
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.	Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.	And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then I looked^H6437 on all the works^H4639 that my hands^H3027 had wrought^H6213, and on the labour^H5999 that I had laboured^H5998 to do^H6213: and, behold, all was vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7469 of spirit^H7307, and there was no profit^H3504 under the sun^H8121.

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Original Hebrew

וּפָנִיתִי אֲנִי בְּכָל־מַעֲשַׂי שֶׁעָשׂוּ יָדַי וּבֶעָמָל שֶׁעָמַלְתִּי לַעֲשֹׂות וְהִנֵּה הַכֹּל הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ וְאֵין יִתְרֹון תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/פָנִ֣יתִֽי	u./fa.Ni.ti	H6437	HC/Vqp1cs	and/ I turned
אֲנִ֗י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
בְּ/כָל	be./khol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	on/ all
מַעֲשַׂ/י֙	ma.'a.Sa/i	H4639	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	works/ my
שֶֽׁ/עָשׂ֣וּ	she./'a.Su	H6213	HTr/Vqp3cp	that/ (they) had done
יָדַ֔/י	ya.Da/i	H3027	HNcbdc/Sp1cs	hands/ my
וּ/בֶֽ/עָמָ֖ל	u./ve./'a.Mal	H5999	HC/Rd/Ncbsa	and/ on the/ toil
שֶׁ/עָמַ֣לְתִּי	she./'a.Mal.ti	H5998	HTr/Vqp1cs	that/ I had toiled
לַ/עֲשׂ֑וֹת	la./'a.Sot	H6213	HR/Vqc	to/ do
וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה	ve./hi.Neh	H2009	HC/Tm	and/ there!
הַ/כֹּ֥ל	ha./Kol	H3605	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ everything
הֶ֨בֶל֙	he.vel	H1892	HNcmsa	(was) futility
וּ/רְע֣וּת	u./re.'Ut	H7469	HC/Ncfsc	and/ striving of
ר֔וּחַ	Ru.ach	H7307	HNcbsa	wind
וְ/אֵ֥ין	ve./'Ein	H369	HC/Tn	and/ there not
יִתְר֖וֹן	yit.Ron	H3504	HNcmsa	(was) profit
תַּ֥חַת	Ta.chat	H8478	HR	under
הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁ	ha./Sha.mesh	H8121	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ sun

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1892 — הֶבֶל (hebel, heh'bel): or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל; from הָבַל; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb; [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H3504 — יִתְרוֹן (yithrôwn, yith-rone'): from יָתַר; preeminence, gain; better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).
• H4639 — מַעֲשֶׂה (maʻăseh, mah-as-eh'): from עָשָׂה; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property; act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.
• H5998 — עָמַל (ʻâmal, aw-mal'): a primitive root; to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness; (take) labour (in).
• H5999 — עָמָל (ʻâmâl, aw-mawl'): from עָמַל; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind; grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6437 — פָּנָה (pânâh, paw-naw'): a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.; appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).
• H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
• H7469 — רְעוּת (rᵉʻûwth, reh-ooth'): probably from רָעָה; a feeding upon, i.e. grasping after; vexation.
• H8121 — שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh, sheh'-mesh): from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement; [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

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