and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I turned around and gave my heart up to despair over all the labor of my efforts under the sun. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun. Common English Bible I then gave myself up to despair, as I thought about all my laborious hard work under the sun, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, I ceased, and my heart renounced further laboring under the sun. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring any more under the sun. |
and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
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 wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable.