Ecclesiastes 2:20

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 43:14

May God Almighty[1] grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And 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 a fool? 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 a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

1 Corinthians 15:19

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