Ecclesiastes 2:17-19

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷ So I ^(A)hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was ^[a]unhappy to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.

The Futility of Labor

¹⁸ So I hated ^(B)all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must ^(C)leave it to the man who will come after me. ¹⁹ And who knows whether he will be wise or ^(D)a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is ^(E)futility.