Ecclesiastes 2:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 2:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 2:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:20 in Context — Ecclesiastes 2
18 J’ai haï tout le travail que j’ai fait sous le soleil, et dont je dois laisser la jouissance à l’homme qui me succédera.
19 Et qui sait s’il sera sage ou insensé? Cependant il sera maître de tout mon travail, de tout le fruit de ma sagesse sous le soleil. C’est encore là une vanité.
20 Et j’en suis venu à livrer mon cœur au désespoir, à cause de tout le travail que j’ai fait sous le soleil.
21 Car tel homme a travaillé avec sagesse et science et avec succès, et il laisse le produit de son travail à un homme qui ne s’en est point occupé. C’est encore là une vanité et un grand mal.
22 Que revient-il, en effet, à l’homme de tout son travail et de la préoccupation de son cœur, objet de ses fatigues sous le soleil?
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:20 Mean?
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