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Ecclesiastes 2:18

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The Futility of Labor

18Thus I hated aall the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must bleave it to the man who will come after me.

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Cross references

  1. aEccl 1:3; 2:11
  2. bPs 39:6; 49:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.

NLTNew Living Translation

I came to hate all my hard work here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So I hated all my toil with which I have toiled under the sun, for I must leave it behind to someone who will be after me.

KJV 1900King 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.