| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Ec 2:20 | King James | Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. |
| Strong Concordance | Therefore I went about [05437] to cause [02976] my heart [03820] to despair [02976] of all the labour [05999] which I took [05998] under the sun [08121]. |
| Hebrew For 5998 | |
| Word | `amal |
| Pronunciation | aw-mal' |
| Definition |
a primitive root; to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness: (take) labour (in). |
| Root(s) | |
| Verse Occurrences | 11 |
| Verse | Other Content | Text |
| Ps 127:1 | C D T R K | A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour [05998] in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. |
| Pr 16:26 | C D T R K | He that laboureth laboureth [05998] for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. |
| Ec 1:3 | C D T R K | What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh [05998] under the sun? |
| Ec 2:11 | C D T R K | Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured [05998] to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. |
| Ec 2:19 | C D T R | And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured [05998], and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. |
| Ec 2:20 | C D T R K | Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took [05998] under the sun. |
| Ec 2:21 | C D T R K | For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured [05998] therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. |
| Ec 5:16 | C T R K | And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go : and what profit hath he that hath laboured [05998] for the wind? |
| Ec 5:18 | C D T R K | Behold that which I have seen : it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh [05998] under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. |
| Ec 8:17 | C D T R | Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun : because though a man labour [05998] to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. |
| Jon 4:10 | C D T R K | Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured [05998], neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night : |