NASB
"Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun."
— Ecclesiastes 2:20, NASB
“Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.”
“Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun. ”
“Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.”
“So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.”
“Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring anymore under the sun.”
“So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.”
“Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.”
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.
Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.
For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?
Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.