Ecclesiastes 2:22

Painful Days and Restless Nights

2:22 What does a man acquire from all his labor

and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? ¹ 

Ecclesiastes 10:3

10:3 Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, ² 

and shows ³  everyone what a fool he is. ⁴ 

[2:22]  ¹ tn Heb “under the sun.” The rhetorical question is an example of negative affirmation, expecting a negative answer: “Man acquires nothing” (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 949-51).

[10:3]  ² tn Heb “he lacks his heart.”

[10:3]  ³ tn Heb “he tells everyone.”

[10:3]  ⁴ sn A fool’s lack of wisdom is obvious to everyone, even when he is engaged in the simple, ordinary actions of life.