20 Therefore I [a]completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun. 21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and (A)skill, then he (B)gives his [b]legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what does a man get in (C)all his labor and in [c]his striving with which he labors under the sun?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:20 Lit turned aside my heart to despair
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:21 Lit share
  3. Ecclesiastes 2:22 Lit the striving of his heart