Ecclesiastes Chapter 2

The Vanity of Pleasure and Wisdom

Old Testament Unknown Verses Ecclesiastes

Chapter Summary

Solomon tests pleasure, wisdom, and work but finds them all vanity

Key Verses

Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 2:13 Ecclesiastes 2:24

Scripture Content

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun. Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

Themes & Topics

Pleasure Wisdom vs Folly Work Enjoyment from God