Ecclesiastes 2:20

So I went about to dismiss from my heart 1 All my labor wherein I had labored under the sun. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? 1 And whether he will have power over all my labor 1 In which I labored, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? 1 This is also vanity. 1

21For there is such a man that his labor 1 Is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; 1 Yet this man shall give his portion 1 To one who has not labored therein. 1 This is also vanity and great evil. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 43:14And my God give you favor in the sight of the man, and send away your other brother, and Benjamin, for I accordingly as I have been bereaved, am bereaved.

Psalms 39:6O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, 1 And in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: 1 I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number. 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:18-26

Sources of Dissatisfaction; The Cheerful Use of Abundance. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yea, 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. 19 And 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… Read the whole commentary →

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