Verse 20

Therefore I turned about{H5437} to cause{H2976} my heart{H3820} to despair{H2976} concerning all the labor{H5999} wherein I had labored{H5999} under the sun.{H8121}

Referenced Verses

• Gen 43:14 : 14 and God{H410} Almighty{H7706} give{H5414} you mercy{H7356} before{H6440} the man,{H376} that he may release{H7971} unto you your other{H312} brother{H251} and Benjamin.{H1144} And if{H834} I be bereaved{H7921} of my children, I am bereaved.{H7921}
• Job 17:11-15 : 11 My days{H3117} are past,{H5674} my purposes{H2154} are broken off,{H5423} Even the thoughts{H4180} of my heart.{H3824} 12 They change{H7760} the night{H3915} into day:{H3117} The light,{H216} [say they], is near{H7138} unto{H6440} the darkness.{H2822} 13 If I look{H6960} for Sheol{H7585} as my house;{H1004} If I have spread{H7502} my couch{H3326} in the darkness;{H2822} 14 If I have said{H7121} to corruption,{H7845} Thou art my father;{H1} To the worm,{H7415} [Thou art] my mother,{H517} and my sister;{H269} 15 Where then is{H645} my hope?{H8615} And as for my hope,{H8615} who shall see{H7789} it?
• Ps 39:6-7 : 6 [Surely every man]{H376} [walketh]{H1980} [in a vain show;]{H6754} [Surely they are disquieted]{H1993} [in vain:]{H1892} [He heapeth up]{H6651} [riches], and knoweth{H3045} not who shall gather{H622} them. 7 And now, Lord,{H136} what wait{H6960} I for? My hope{H8431} is in thee.
• 1 Cor 15:19 : 19 If{G1487} we have{G2070} only{G3440} hoped{G1679} in{G1722} Christ{G5547} in{G1722} this{G3778} life,{G2222} we are{G2070} of all{G3956} men{G444} most pitiable.{G1652}
• 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For{G1063} we would{G2309} not{G3756} have{G50} you{G5209} ignorant,{G50} brethren,{G80} concerning{G5228} our{G2257} affliction{G2347} which befell{G1096} [us]{G2254} in{G1722} Asia,{G773} that{G3754} we were weighed{G916} down{G2596} exceedingly,{G5236} beyond{G5228} our power,{G1411} insomuch that{G5620} we{G2248} despaired{G1820} even{G2532} of life:{G2198} 9 yea,{G235} we{G846} ourselves have had{G2192} the sentence{G610} of death{G2288} within{G1722} ourselves,{G1438} that{G2443} we should{G5600} not{G3361} trust{G3982} in{G1909} ourselves,{G1438} but{G235} in{G1909} God{G2316} who{G3588} raiseth{G1453} the dead:{G3498} 10 who{G3739} delivered{G4506} us{G2248} out{G1537} of so great{G5082} a death,{G2288} and{G2532} will deliver:{G4506} on{G1519} whom{G3739} we have set our hope{G1679} that{G3754} he will{G4506} also{G2532} still{G2089} deliver{G4506} us;
• 1 Thess 3:3-4 : 3 that{G3588} no man{G3367} be moved{G4525} by{G1722} these{G3778} afflictions;{G2347} for{G1063} yourselves{G846} know{G1492} that{G3754} hereunto{G5124} we are appointed.{G2749} 4 For{G1063} verily,{G2532} when{G3753} we were{G1510} with{G4314} you,{G5209} we told{G4302} you{G5213} beforehand{G4302} that{G3754} we are{G3195} to suffer affliction;{G2346} even{G2532} as{G2531} it came to pass,{G1096} and{G2532} ye know.{G1492}