World English Bible
"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
“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. ”
“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 in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.