Ecclesiastes 2:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun,

Cross References

Genesis 43:14

may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, so that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

Ecclesiastes 2:19

and who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

because sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by another who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

1 Corinthians 15:19

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.