Ecclesiastes 2:20 - The Message20-23 That’s when I called it quits, gave up on anything that could be hoped for on this earth. What’s the point of working your fingers to the bone if you hand over what you worked for to someone who never lifted a finger for it? Smoke, that’s what it is. A bad business from start to finish. So what do you get from a life of hard labor? Pain and grief from dawn to dusk. Never a decent night’s rest. Nothing but smoke. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176920 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition20 So I turned around and gave my heart up to despair over all the labor of my efforts under the sun. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)20 Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun. See the chapterCommon English Bible20 I then gave myself up to despair, as I thought about all my laborious hard work under the sun, See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version20 Therefore, I ceased, and my heart renounced further laboring under the sun. See the chapter |