Ecclesiastes 2:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Young's Literal Translation
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King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Yet when I
אֲנִ֗י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

considered
וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי (ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the works
מַעֲשַׂי֙ (ma·‘ă·śay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

that my hands
יָדַ֔י (yā·ḏay)
Noun - fdc | first person common singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

had accomplished
שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּ (še·‘ā·śū)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

and [what]
וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל (ū·ḇe·‘ā·māl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

I had toiled
שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּי (še·‘ā·mal·tî)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5998: To toil, work severely and with irksomeness

to achieve,
לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

I found
וְהִנֵּ֨ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

everything
הַכֹּ֥ל (hak·kōl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

to be futile,
הֶ֙בֶל֙ (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

a pursuit
וּרְע֣וּת (ū·rə·‘ūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7469: A feeding upon, grasping after

of the wind;
ר֔וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

there was nothing
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

to be gained
יִתְר֖וֹן (yiṯ·rō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3504: Preeminence, gain

under
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the sun.
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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