Ecclesiastes 2:18 - American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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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.

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.]

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.

Again, I detested all my efforts, by which I had earnestly labored under the sun, to be taken up by an heir after me,