Bible in Basic English
"Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits."
— Ecclesiastes 2:18, Bible in Basic English
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.
Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.
And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.
Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.