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PARALLEL BIBLE - Ecclesiastes 2:20


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King James Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:20

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

World English Bible

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

Douay-Rheims - Ecclesiastes 2:20

Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring any more under the sun.

Webster's Bible Translation

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.

Original Hebrew

וסבותי
5437 אני 589 ליאשׁ 2976 את 853 לבי 3820 על 5921 כל 3605 העמל 5999 שׁעמלתי 5998 תחת 8478 השׁמשׁ׃ 8121

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VERSE (20) -
Ge 43:14 Job 17:11-15 Ps 39:6,7 1Co 15:19 2Co 1:8-10

SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:20

Volvió, por tanto, a desesperanzar mi corazón acerca de todo el trabajo en que me trabajé, y en que me hice sabio debajo del sol.

Clarke's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:20

Verse 20. I went about to cause my heart to
despair - What makes all worse, there is no remedy. It is impossible in the present state of things to prevent these evils.

John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 20. Therefore I went about to cause my heart to
despair , etc.] Of ever finding happiness in anything here below. He “turned about” f73 , as the word signifies dropped his severe studies of wisdom, and his eager pursuits of pleasure; and desisted from those toilsome works, in which he had employed himself; and went from one thing to another, and settled and stuck at nothing, on purpose to relax his mind, as the Syriac version renders it; to divest it of all anxious thought and care, and call it off from its vain and fruitless undertakings; and be no more concerned about or thoughtful of all the labour which I took under the sun ; and what will be the consequence and issue of it; but quietly leave all to an all wise disposing Providence; and not seek for happiness in anything under the sun, but in those things that are above it; not in this world, but in the world to come.

Matthew Henry Commentary

The vanity and vexation of mirth,
sensual pleasure, riches, and pomp (Eccl. 2:1-11) Human wisdom insufficient. (Eccl. 2:12-17) This world to be used according to the will of God. (Eccl. 2:18-26)

Eccl. 2:1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifol devices of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their changing from one thing to another, are like the restlessness of a ma in a fever. Perceiving it was folly to give himself to wine, he nex tried the costly amusements of princes. The poor, when they read such description, are ready to feel discontent. But the remedy against all such feelings is in the estimate of it all by the owner himself. All was vanity and vexation of spirit: and the same things would yield the same result to us, as to Solomon. Having food and raiment, let u therewith be content. His wisdom remained with him; a stron understanding, with great human knowledge. But every earthly pleasure when unconnected with better blessings, leaves the mind as eager an unsatisfied as before. Happiness arises not from the situation in whic we are placed. It is only through Jesus Christ that final blessednes can be attained.

Eccl. 2:12-17 Solomon found that knowledge and prudence were preferabl to ignorance and folly, though human wisdom and knowledge will not make a man happy. The most learned of men, who dies a stranger to Chris Jesus, will perish equally with the most ignorant; and what good can commendations on earth do to the body in the grave, or the soul i hell? And the spirits of just men made perfect cannot want them. S that if this were all, we might be led to hate our life, as it is all vanity and vexation of spirit.

Eccl. 2:18-26 Our hearts are very loth to quit their expectations of great things from the creature; but Solomon came to this at length. The world is a vale of tears, even to those that have much of it. See what fools they are, who make themselves drudges to the world, which afford a man nothing better than subsistence for the body. And the utmost he can attain in this respect is to allow himself a sober, cheerful us thereof, according to his rank and condition. But we must enjoy good in our labour; we must use those things to make us diligent and cheerfu in worldly business. And this is the gift of God. Riches are a blessin or a curse to a man, according as he has, or has not, a heart to make good use of them. To those that are accepted of the Lord, he gives jo and satisfaction in the knowledge and love of him. But to the sinner he allots labour, sorrow, vanity, and vexation, in seeking a worldl portion, which yet afterwards comes into better hands. Let the sinne seriously consider his latter end. To seek a lasting portion in the love of Christ and the blessings it bestows, is the only way to tru and satisfying enjoyment even of this present world __________________________________________________________________


Original Hebrew

וסבותי 5437 אני 589 ליאשׁ 2976 את 853 לבי 3820 על 5921 כל 3605 העמל 5999 שׁעמלתי 5998 תחת 8478 השׁמשׁ׃ 8121


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