Ecclesiastes 2:16-18

Contemporary English Version

¹⁶ Wise or foolish, we all die and are soon forgotten.” ¹⁷ This made me hate life. Everything we do is painful; it's just as senseless as chasing the wind.^[a]

¹⁸ Suddenly I realized that others would someday get everything I had worked for so hard, then I started hating it all.