Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So I came to regret that I had worked so hard. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring anymore under the sun. Genesis 43:14 And may my almighty God make him favourable to you: and send back with you your brother, whom he keepeth, and this Benjamin: and as for me I shall be desolate without children. Job 17:11-15 My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart. . . . Psalm 39:6,7 Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things. . . . 1 Corinthians 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation which came to us in Asia: that we were pressed out of measure above our strength, so that we were weary even of life. . . . 1 Thessalonians 3:3,4 That no man should be moved in these tribulations: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. . . . Context The Futility of Work…19Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there anything so vain? 20Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring anymore under the sun.21For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.… Cross References Ecclesiastes 2:19 Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there anything so vain? Ecclesiastes 2:21 For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil. Jump to Previous Cause Completely Despair Despaired Fruit Grief Heart Labor Laboured Mind Round Sun Toil Trouble Turned Wherein Wherewith WisdomJump to Next Cause Completely Despair Despaired Fruit Grief Heart Labor Laboured Mind Round Sun Toil Trouble Turned Wherein Wherewith WisdomLinks Ecclesiastes 2:20 NIVEcclesiastes 2:20 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:20 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:20 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:20 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 2:20 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:20 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:20 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:20 German Bible Alphabetical: all began completely despair despaired for fruit had heart I labor labored my of over So sun the Therefore to toilsome under which OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 2:20 Therefore I began to cause my heart (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |