Ecclesiastes 2:18
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
In context
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.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Yes, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it to the man that shall be after me.