American Standard Version
"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. "
— Ecclesiastes 2:18, American Standard Version
“Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.”
“I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.”
“Futility of Being a Workaholic So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.”
“Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me,”
“Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.”
“Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.”
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.
For 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!
So 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.
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.
And 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.
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.