Compare Translations for Ecclesiastes 2:20

20 So I began to give myself over to despair concerning all my work I had labored at under the sun.
20 So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
20 That's when I called it quits, gave up on anything that could be hoped for on this earth.
20 Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.
20 Therefore I turned my heart and despaired of all the labor in which I had toiled under the sun.
20 So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work in this world.
20 So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun,
20 Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
20 So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.
20 I then gave myself up to despair, as I thought about all my laborious hard work under the sun,
20 I then gave myself up to despair, as I thought about all my laborious hard work under the sun,
20 Thus I came to despair over all the things I had worked for under the sun.
20 Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
20 So I came to regret that I had worked so hard.
20 So I came to regret that I had worked so hard.
20 Then I fell into despair over everything for which I had worked so hard under the sun.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
20 Therefore my heart began to despair again regarding all the labour which I took under the sun.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
20 So {I began to despair} of all the toil with which I toiled under the sun.
20 so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
20 So I became sad about all the hard work I had done here on earth.
20 So I began to lose hope because of all of my hard work on this earth.
20 So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun,
20 Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring anymore under the sun.
20 So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
20 So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I had done under the sun.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I had done under the sun.
20 unde cessavi renuntiavitque cor meum ultra laborare sub sole
20 unde cessavi renuntiavitque cor meum ultra laborare sub sole
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
20 Wherefore I ceased, and mine heart forsook for to travail further under [the] sun. (And so I ceased to study, and my heart did not desire to labour any more under the sun.)
20 And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

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