Ecclesiastes 2:20

Modern English Version

So I turned to give my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun.

Cross References

Genesis 43:14

And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, so that he may send away your other brother, along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows if this man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will gain power over all for which I have toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

For there is a person who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet to a person who did not labor for this, he leaves it as his inheritance. This also is vanity and a great distress.

1 Corinthians 15:19

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