ALL of man's best EARTHLY WORKS are BUT VANITY (2:11):
SOLOMON DID IT ALL - the BUILDING of MAGNIFICENT HOUSES
and the PLANTING of GARDEN PARADISES (2:4-6), the HIRING of SERVANTS and the AMASSING of "GREAT POSSESSIONS"
of LIVESTOCK (2:7),
the AMASSING of ROYAL WEALTH and the PROCURING of FINE ENTERTAINMENT (2:8)
SOLOMON was GREATER THAN ALL before him (2:9)
and HE WITHHELD NOTHING that his eyes DESIRED (2:10)
NONE AFTER WILL EVER be able to SURPASS the GREATNESS
of SOLOMON (2:12)
YET the Lord alluded to GOD'S CLOTHING OF HIS CREATION
as being GREATER RAIMENT THAN "SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY" (Matthew 6:28-29; Luke 12:27)
Solomon observed that honest labor WITH THE LORD is BETTER
THAN striving to amass wealth WITHOUT THE LORD - the ONE BRINGS JOY and the OTHER BRINGS SORROW (2:24-26):