Ecclesiastes 2:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 2:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 2:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:20 in Context — Ecclesiastes 2
18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:20 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 2:20 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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