Ecclesiastes 2:20

20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:20 in Other Translations

KJV
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
ESV
20 So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
NLT
20 So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work in this world.
MSG
20 That's when I called it quits, gave up on anything that could be hoped for on this earth.
CSB
20 So I began to give myself over to despair concerning all my work I had labored at under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:20 In-Context

18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.
19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.
21 For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.
22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?
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