Ecclesiastes 2:18
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18 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.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.