Ecclesiastes 2:20

New International Reader's Version

So I began to lose hope because of all my hard work on this earth.

Cross References

Genesis 43:14

May the Mighty God cause him to show you mercy. May the man let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. And if I lose my sons, I lose them.”

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Either way, they’ll take over everything on earth I’ve worked so hard for. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

A person might use wisdom, knowledge and skill to do their work. But then they have to leave everything they own to someone who hasn’t worked for it. That doesn’t have any meaning either. In fact, it isn’t fair.

1 Corinthians 15:19

Do we have hope in Christ only for this life? Then people should pity us more than anyone else.