Ecclesiastes 2:20
Ecclesiastes 2:20-23 The Message (MSG)
That’s when I called it quits, gave up on anything that could be hoped for on this earth. What’s the point of working your fingers to the bone if you hand over what you worked for to someone who never lifted a finger for it? Smoke, that’s what it is. A bad business from start to finish. So what do you get from a life of hard labor? Pain and grief from dawn to dusk. Never a decent night’s rest. Nothing but smoke.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 King James Version (KJV)
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 New Century Version (NCV)
So I became sad about all the hard work I had done here on earth.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 American Standard Version (ASV)
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 New International Version (NIV)
So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
Therefore I turned my heart and despaired of all the labor in which I had toiled under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So I turned aside and let my heart despair over all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.