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Ecclesiastes 2:20

So I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labor wherein I had laboured under the sun.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
World English Bible

Cross References

Psalms 39:6–71 Thessalonians 3:3–4Job 17:11–151 Corinthians 15:19Genesis 43:142 Corinthians 1:8–10

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