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'''Ecclesiastes 2''' is the second [[Chapters and verses of the Bible|chapter]] of the [[Ecclesiastes|Book of Ecclesiastes]] in the [[Hebrew Bible]] or the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Bible]].<ref name=Halley>Halley, Henry H. ''Halley's Bible Handbook'': an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.</ref><ref name=Holman>Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.</ref> The book contains philosophical speeches by a character called ''Qoheleth'' (="the Teacher"), composed probably between 5th to 2nd century BCE. [[Peshitta]], [[Targum]], and [[Talmud]] attribute the authorship of the book to King [[Solomon]].<ref></ref> This chapter continues the presentation of memoir in [[Ecclesiastes 1|the previous chapter]] with more observation on human efforts in life (related to the question in [[Ecclesiastes 1:3]], the sufferings and the enjoyment of life in light of a divine dispensation.
==Text==
The original text was written in [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew]]. [[Chapters and verses of the Bible|This chapter is divided into]] 26 verses.
===Textual witnesses===
Some early manuscripts containing this chapter are:
*In Hebrew:
**[[Masoretic Text]]
**[[Dead Sea Scrolls]]
*In Greek:
** probably the work of [[Aquila of Sinope]] or his followers.
==The failure of pleasure-seeking (2:1–11)==
===Verse 11===
:''Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.''<ref> [[King James Version|KJV]]</ref>
*"Vexation of spirit" (NKJV: "grasping for the wind"; ESV: "a striving after wind"): or a 'chasing after wind'.
==See also==
* Related [[Bible]] parts: [[Psalm 127]], Ecclesiastes 12
==References==
==Sources==
*Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
*Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
==External links==
* [[Judaism|Jewish]] translations:
** [https://ift.tt/2McAOWY Kohelet – Ecclesiastes (Judaica Press)] translation [with [[Rashi]]'s commentary] at Chabad.org
* [[Christianity|Christian]] translations:
** [https://ift.tt/2yb2oM2 ''Online Bible'' at GospelHall.org] (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
* [https://ift.tt/2MbiUDS Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 King James Version]
* Various versions
[[Category:Ecclesiastes chapters|02]]
'''Ecclesiastes 2''' is the second [[Chapters and verses of the Bible|chapter]] of the [[Ecclesiastes|Book of Ecclesiastes]] in the [[Hebrew Bible]] or the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Bible]].<ref name=Halley>Halley, Henry H. ''Halley's Bible Handbook'': an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.</ref><ref name=Holman>Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.</ref> The book contains philosophical speeches by a character called ''Qoheleth'' (="the Teacher"), composed probably between 5th to 2nd century BCE. [[Peshitta]], [[Targum]], and [[Talmud]] attribute the authorship of the book to King [[Solomon]].<ref></ref> This chapter continues the presentation of memoir in [[Ecclesiastes 1|the previous chapter]] with more observation on human efforts in life (related to the question in [[Ecclesiastes 1:3]], the sufferings and the enjoyment of life in light of a divine dispensation.
==Text==
The original text was written in [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew]]. [[Chapters and verses of the Bible|This chapter is divided into]] 26 verses.
===Textual witnesses===
Some early manuscripts containing this chapter are:
*In Hebrew:
**[[Masoretic Text]]
**[[Dead Sea Scrolls]]
*In Greek:
** probably the work of [[Aquila of Sinope]] or his followers.
==The failure of pleasure-seeking (2:1–11)==
===Verse 11===
:''Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.''<ref> [[King James Version|KJV]]</ref>
*"Vexation of spirit" (NKJV: "grasping for the wind"; ESV: "a striving after wind"): or a 'chasing after wind'.
==See also==
* Related [[Bible]] parts: [[Psalm 127]], Ecclesiastes 12
==References==
==Sources==
*Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
*Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
==External links==
* [[Judaism|Jewish]] translations:
** [https://ift.tt/2McAOWY Kohelet – Ecclesiastes (Judaica Press)] translation [with [[Rashi]]'s commentary] at Chabad.org
* [[Christianity|Christian]] translations:
** [https://ift.tt/2yb2oM2 ''Online Bible'' at GospelHall.org] (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
* [https://ift.tt/2MbiUDS Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 King James Version]
* Various versions
[[Category:Ecclesiastes chapters|02]]
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