¹⁸I hated everything I had worked for on earth. I’ll have to leave all of it to someone who lives after me. ¹⁹And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Either way, he’ll take over everything on earth I’ve worked so hard for. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

²⁰So I began to lose hope because of all of my hard work on this earth. ²¹A man might use wisdom, knowledge and skill to do his work. But then he has to leave everything he owns to someone who hasn’t worked for it. That doesn’t have any meaning either. In fact, it isn’t fair.

²²What does a man get for all of his hard work on earth? What does he get for all of his worries? ²³As long as he lives, his work is nothing but pain and sorrow. Even at night his mind can’t rest. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

²⁴A man can’t do anything better than eat and drink and be satisfied with his work. I’m finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God. ²⁵Without his help, who can eat or find pleasure?

²⁶God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness to a man who pleases him. But to a sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth. Then the sinner must hand it over to the one who pleases God. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.

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