Ecclesiastes 2:18 - The Message18-19 And I hated everything I’d accomplished and accumulated on this earth. I can’t take it with me—no, I have to leave it to whoever comes after me. Whether they’re worthy or worthless—and who’s to tell?—they’ll take over the earthly results of my intense thinking and hard work. Smoke. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176918 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. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition18 And I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will succeed me. [Ps. 49:10.] See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)18 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. See the chapterCommon English Bible18 I hated the things I worked so hard for here under the sun, because I will have to leave them to someone who comes after me. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version18 Again, I detested all my efforts, by which I had earnestly labored under the sun, to be taken up by an heir after me, See the chapter |