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Ecclesiastes 2:26

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 26 To the man who pleases him he gives wisdom and knowledge and rejoicing,+ but to the sinner he gives the occupation of gathering and merely collecting to give to the one who pleases the true God.+ This too is futility, a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 26 To the man who pleases him he gives wisdom and knowledge and rejoicing,+ but to the sinner he gives the occupation of gathering and merely collecting to give to the one who pleases the true God.+ This too is futility, a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

The Bible in Living English
- 26 For to the man who is good from his point of view he gives wisdom and knowledge and gladness, but to the sinner he gives a task of collecting and amassing to give to one who is good from God’s point of view—this too is nonsense and chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

American Standard Version
- 26 For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

The Emphasized Bible
- 26 For to a man who is good before him hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness,—whereas to the sinner he hath given employment to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this was vanity and a feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

King James Version
- 26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.