Ecclesiastes 2:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So I began to give myself over  to despair concerning all my work that I had laboured at under the sun.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:19

If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.

Genesis 43:14

May God Almighty cause the man to be merciful to you so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin to you. As for me, if I am deprived of my sons, then I am deprived.’

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool?  Yet he will take over all my work that I laboured at skilfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

When there is a person whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill,  and he must give his portion to a person who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong.