Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
KJV
Unde cessavi, renuntiavitque cor meum ultra laborare sub sole.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ τοῦ ἀποτάξασθαι τὴν καρδίαν μου ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ μου ᾧ ἐμόχθησα ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον,
LXX
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
ASV
וְ/סַבּ֥וֹתִֽי אֲנִ֖י לְ/יַאֵ֣שׁ אֶת לִבִּ֑/י עַ֚ל כָּל הֶ֣/עָמָ֔ל שֶׁ/עָמַ֖לְתִּי תַּ֥חַת הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
י
y
noun · 591×
יַּעֲמֹ֖ל
y'ml
verb · 11×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
נוֹאָ֑שׁ
nv'sh
verb · 6×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 3:19 — For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a
- Ps 127:2 — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.