Ecclesiastes 2:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 2:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 2:20 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 — KJV
“Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.”
— Ecclesiastes 2:20 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 2:20 in Context — About the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching look at life under the sun — wealth, pleasure, work, and wisdom all tested and found fleeting. Its honesty disarms cynics, then lands on bedrock: fear God, keep His commands, and receive each ordinary day as His gift.
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 2:20
“But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:20: went, cause, took
“Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:20: therefore, cause, under
“Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. taken: Heb. laboured”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:20: cause, labour, under
“For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:20: heart, labour, under
“Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:20: cause, labour, under
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