Ecclesiastes 2:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 2:20

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Berean Standard Bible

So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.

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KJV

King James Version

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

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WEB

World English Bible

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 2

¹⁸ I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

¹⁹ And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

²⁰ So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.

²¹ When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

²² For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

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