Ecclesiastes 2:18-20

Christian Standard Bible

The Emptiness of Work

¹⁸ I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun^(A) because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.^{(B) 19} And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool?^(C) Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile. ²⁰ So I began to give myself over^[a] to despair concerning all my work that I had labored at under the sun.