Ecclesiastes 2:22 meaning and explanation

For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:22, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the Teacher, a king in Jerusalem who has tested pleasure, building projects, wealth and wisdom and found them all fleeting. Here he turns from his experience to an observation about labor.

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