Ecclesiastes 2:18-20

International Children’s Bible

¹⁸ I hated all the things I had worked for here on earth. I hated them because I must leave them to someone who will live after me. ¹⁹ Someone else will control everything for which I worked so hard here on earth. And I don’t know if he will be wise or foolish. This is also useless. ²⁰ So I became sad about all the hard work I had done here on earth.