NASB
"Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me."
— Ecclesiastes 2:18, NASB
“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.”
“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 I said to myself, "As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?" So I said to myself, "This too is vanity."
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.
Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.