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Ecclesiastes 2:20
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Ecclesiastes 2:21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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So I began to give myself over to despair concerning all my work I had labored at under the sun.
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English Standard Version
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So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
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King James Version
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Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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The Message Bible
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That's when I called it quits, gave up on anything that could be hoped for on this earth.
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New American Standard Bible
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Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
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New International Version
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So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.
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New King James Version
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Therefore I turned my heart and despaired of all the labor in which I had toiled under the sun.
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New Living Translation
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So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work in this world.
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New Revised Standard
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So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun,
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American Standard Version
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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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The Bible in Basic English
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So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.
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Common English Bible
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I then gave myself up to despair, as I thought about all my laborious hard work under the sun,
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
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I then gave myself up to despair, as I thought about all my laborious hard work under the sun,
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The Complete Jewish Bible
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Thus I came to despair over all the things I had worked for under the sun.
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The Darby Translation
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Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
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Good News Translation
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So I came to regret that I had worked so hard.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
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So I came to regret that I had worked so hard.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
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Then I fell into despair over everything for which I had worked so hard under the sun.
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Hebrew Names Version
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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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Jubilee Bible 2000
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Therefore my heart began to despair again regarding all the labour which I took under the sun.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
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Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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Lexham English Bible
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So {I began to despair} of all the toil with which I toiled under the sun.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
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so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
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New Century Version
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So I became sad about all the hard work I had done here on earth.
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New International Reader's Version
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So I began to lose hope because of all of my hard work on this earth.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
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So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun,
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
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Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring anymore under the sun.
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Revised Standard Version
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So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
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So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
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Third Millennium Bible
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Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I had done under the sun.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
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Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I had done under the sun.
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The Latin Vulgate
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unde cessavi renuntiavitque cor meum ultra laborare sub sole
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
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unde cessavi renuntiavitque cor meum ultra laborare sub sole
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The Webster Bible
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Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
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World English Bible
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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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Wycliffe
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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.)
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Young's Literal Translation
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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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