Ecclesiastes 2:19-21

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¹⁹ Someone else will control everything for which I ·worked so hard [toiled so wisely] ·here on earth [^Lunder the sun; 1:3], and ·I don’t know [^Lwho knows…?] if he will be wise or foolish. This is also useless [1:2]. ²⁰ So I ·became sad [despaired; ^Lcaused my heart to despair] about all the ·hard work [toil] I had done ·here on earth [^Lunder the sun; 1:3]. ²¹ People can work hard using all their wisdom, knowledge, and ·skill [success], but they will ·die, and other people will get the things for which they worked [^Lleave their reward to others]. They did not do the work, but they will get everything. This is ·also unfair [a great evil] and useless [1:2].