Ecclesiastes 2:26 meaning and explanation
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:26, Berean Standard Bible
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The Teacher, a Jerusalem king surveying his own vast achievements, closes this chapter by tracing wisdom, knowledge and joy back to God's hand. The Hebrew word for the one "pleasing in His sight" is tov, "good," echoing God's verdict over creation in Genesis 1.
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