Bible verse
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 2.
16 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
18 I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
19 And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
20 So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
22 For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
23 Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
24 Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
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.
ERV
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
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