Ecclesiastes 2:18

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 2:18

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Berean Standard Bible

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

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KJV

King James 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.

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WEB

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.

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ASV

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 2

¹⁶ For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

¹⁷ So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

¹⁸ I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

¹⁹ And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

²⁰ So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.

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