Ecclesiastes 2:20
World English Bible (WEB)
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
In context
18 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:20 in every translation
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done 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.