Ecclesiastes 2:19-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹ And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Either way, they’ll take over everything on earth I’ve worked so hard for. That doesn’t have any meaning either. ²⁰ So I began to lose hope because of all my hard work on this earth. ²¹ A person might use wisdom, knowledge and skill to do their work. But then they have to leave everything they own to someone who hasn’t worked for it. That doesn’t have any meaning either. In fact, it isn’t fair.