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OET (OET-RV) Then I changed to despairing over all the projects in this world that I’d worked hard on,
OET-LV And_began I to_despair DOM heart_of_my on all_of the_toil that_laboured under the_sun.
UHB וְסַבּ֥וֹתִֽי אֲנִ֖י לְיַאֵ֣שׁ אֶת־לִבִּ֑י עַ֚ל כָּל־הֶ֣עָמָ֔ל שֶׁעָמַ֖לְתִּי תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ ‡
(vəşabōtiy ʼₐniy ləyaʼēsh ʼet-libiy ˊal kāl-heˊāmāl sheˊāmaltī taḩat hashshāmesh.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ τοῦ ἀποτάξασθαι τὴν καρδίαν μου ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ μου ᾧ ἐμόχθησα ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον·
(Kai epestrepsa egō tou apotaxasthai taʸn kardian mou en panti moⱪthōi mou hō emoⱪthaʸsa hupo ton haʸlion; )
BrTr So I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
ULT And I turned, I, to cause my heart to despair concerning all the toil which I toiled under the sun.
UST I thought about all the hard work that I had done in this world. It seemed useless, and I became depressed.
BSB So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB Then I felt like yielding to despair because
WEBBE Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour in which I had laboured under the sun.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor
⇔ for which I worked so hard on earth.
LSV And I turned around to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor that I labored at under the sun.
FBV I decided to give up, my mind in despair over the significance of all my life's achievements.
T4T I thought about all the hard work that I had done. It seemed useless, and I became depressed/discouraged.
LEB No LEB ECC book available
BBE So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.
Moff No Moff ECC book available
JPS Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
ASV Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
DRA Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring any more under the sun.
YLT And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.
Drby Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
RV Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
SLT And I turned about to let my heart despair for all the labor I labored under the sun.
Wbstr Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
KJB-1769 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
KJB-1611 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despaire of all the labour which I tooke vnder the Sunne.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)
Bshps No Bshps ECC book available
Gnva Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.
(Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhor all the labour, wherein I had travailed under the sun. )
Cvdl No Cvdl ECC book available
Wycl No Wycl ECC book available
Luth No Luth ECC book available
ClVg Unde cessavi, renuntiavitque cor meum ultra laborare sub sole.
(Whence I_stopped, and_he_gave_up heart mine beyond/besides to_work under sole. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT ECC book available
2:12-23 The Teacher now looks at the value of wisdom (2:12-17) and hard work (2:18-23). These, too, are “meaningless” (2:17).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) my heart began to despair
(Some words not found in UHB: and,began I to,despair DOM heart_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in all/each/any/every the,toil that,labored below/instead_of the,sun )
Here the author refers to himself by his “heart” to emphasize his feelings. Alternate translation: “I began to despair” or “I began to lose all hope”