Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Exposition

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair ; ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ . "I turned" in order to examine more closely. So in Ecclesiastes 2:12 we had, "I turned myself," though the verbs are not the same in the two passages, and in the former the LXX . has ἐπέβλεψα . I turned from my late course of action to give myself up to despair. I lost all hope in labor; it had no longer any charm or future for me. Septuagint, τοῦ ἀποτάξασθαι τὴν καρδίαν μου ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ μου κ . τ . λ .