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Ecclesiastes 2:18

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

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Ecclesiastes 2:18 in other translations

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.

BSB 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.

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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In context

15 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.

16 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!

17 So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

18 Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

19 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.

20 So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

21 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.

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