Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.In other versions
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
ASV
So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.
BBE
Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
DBY
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
WEB
And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.
YLT
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
ENG
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
WBT
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
BSB
In context
18Yea, 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.
19And 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.
20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21For 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.
22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?