Ecclesiastes 2:20

וְסַבּוֹתִֽי אֲנִי לְיַאֵשׁ אֶת ־ לִבִּי עַל כָּל ־ הֶעָמָל שֶׁעָמַלְתִּי תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

19וּמִי יוֹדֵעַ הֶֽחָכָם יִהְיֶה אוֹ סָכָל וְיִשְׁלַט בְּכָל ־ עֲמָלִי שֶֽׁעָמַלְתִּי וְשֶׁחָכַמְתִּי תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ גַּם ־ זֶה הָֽבֶל ׃

21כִּי ־ יֵשׁ אָדָם שֶׁעֲמָלוֹ בְּחָכְמָה וּבְדַעַת וּבְכִשְׁרוֹן וּלְאָדָם שֶׁלֹּא עָֽמַל ־ בּוֹ יִתְּנֶנּוּ חֶלְקוֹ גַּם ־ זֶה הֶבֶל וְרָעָה רַבָּֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 43:14וְאֵל שַׁדַּי יִתֵּן לָכֶם רַחֲמִים לִפְנֵי הָאִישׁ וְשִׁלַּח לָכֶם אֶת ־ אֲחִיכֶם אַחֵר וְאֶת ־ בִּנְיָמִין וַאֲנִי כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁכֹלְתִּי שָׁכָֽלְתִּי ׃

Psalms 39:6הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת ׀ נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּֽל ־ הֶבֶל כָּל ־ אָדָם נִצָּב סֶֽלָה ׃

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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