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Ecclesiastes 2:20

King James Version (KJV)

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Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 2:20

Theological / Devotional

I went about. Better, “I turned about,” that is, to go in a different, or in the opposite, direction. It suggests a complete change in Solomon’s outlook, and possibly his activities, as the outcome of a survey of his lifework.

To despair. Solomon unwillingly resigns himself to the facts as he has found them (see 1 Sam. 27:1; Job 6:26).

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