Ecclesiastes 2:20 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Then I fell into despair over everything for which I had worked so hard under the sun.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

ASV:

Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

BBE:

So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

DBY:

Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.

ERV:

Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.

JPS:

Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.

WBS:

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.

WEB:

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

YLT:

And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:20 Cross References

XREF:

Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart {n} to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
(n) That I might seek the true happiness which is in God.

WES:

2:20 Despair - I gave myself up to despair of ever reaping that satisfaction which I promised to myself.

MHC:

2:18-26 Our hearts are very loth to quit their expectations of great things from the creature; but Solomon came to this at length. The world is a vale of tears, even to those that have much of it. See what fools they are, who make themselves drudges to the world, which affords a man nothing better than subsistence for the body. And the utmost he can attain in this respect is to allow himself a sober, cheerful use thereof, according to his rank and condition. But we must enjoy good in our labour; we must use those things to make us diligent and cheerful in worldly business. And this is the gift of God. Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man, according as he has, or has not, a heart to make a good use of them. To those that are accepted of the Lord, he gives joy and satisfaction in the knowledge and love of him. But to the sinner he allots labour, sorrow, vanity, and vexation, in seeking a worldly portion, which yet afterwards comes into better hands. Let the sinner seriously consider his latter end. To seek a lasting portion in the love of Christ and the blessings it bestows, is the only way to true and satisfying enjoyment even of this present world.

CONC:

Cause Completely Despair Despaired Fruit Grief Heart Labor Labored Labors Labour Laboured Mind Round Toil Toilsome Trouble Wherein Wherewith Wisdom

Cause Completely Despair Despaired Fruit Grief Heart Labor Laboured Mind Round Sun Toil Trouble Turned Wherein Wherewith Wisdom

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