Ecclesiastes 2:20 meaning and explanation
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:20, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the Teacher, a Jerusalem king reviewing his vast building, planting and acquiring. In verse 20 he looks back on all his toil and gives way to despair, because he must leave everything to a successor who may prove foolish (verses 18 and 19).
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