Ecclesiastes 2:20
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20–23That’s when I called it quits, gave up on anything that could be hoped for on this earth.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
So I began to give myself over to despair concerning all my work that I had labored at under the sun.
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NLTNew Living Translation
So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work in this world.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
So I began to despair of all the toil with which I toiled under the sun.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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