Ecclesiastes 2:20

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And I turned around to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor that I labored at under the sun.

YLT

And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

DBY

Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.

DRC

Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring any more under the sun.

GNV

Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.

JPS

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

LXXE

So I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְסַבּ֥וֹתִֽי אֲנִ֖י לְיַאֵ֣שׁ אֶת־לִבִּ֑י עַ֚ל כָּל־הֶ֣עָמָ֔ל שֶׁעָמַ֖לְתִּי תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ τοῦ ἀποτάξασθαι τὴν καρδίαν μου ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ μου ᾧ ἐμόχθησα ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Corinthians 15:19If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
• 2 Corinthians 1:8–10We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, we felt we were…
• Job 17:11–15My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart. They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness. If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in…
• Psalms 39:6–7Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away. And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:3–4so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this. Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.
• Genesis 43:14May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

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