Therefore I gave my heart up to despair of all the labor in which I toiled under the sun.
All Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 2:20 Go To Ecclesiastes 2
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Off, in a sort of despair; suggested by worldly wisdom. Religion alone can impart steady principles. (Calmet)
Protestants, "I went about, to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun "in the transactions of the world. (Haydock)