Ecclesiastes 2:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

Cross References

Genesis 43:14

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

1 Corinthians 15:19

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.