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Ecclesiastes 2:20

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20So I aturned about and gave my heart up to despair bover all the toil of my labors under the sun,

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Cross references

  1. ach. 7:25
  2. bch. 1:3

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So I began to give myself over to despair concerning all my work that I had labored at under the sun.

NLTNew Living Translation

So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work in this world.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So I began to despair of all the toil with which I toiled under the sun.

KJV 1900King James Version

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