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Ecclesiastes 2:18

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And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

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Ecclesiastes 2:18 in other translations

I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:18 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 in context

  1. 16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
  2. 17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
  3. 18And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
  4. 19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
  5. 20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.