Ecclesiastes 2:20
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
In context
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?
Ecclesiastes 2:20 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
- 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.
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.