Ecclesiastes 2:16-18

Lexham English Bible

¹⁶ Certainly no one will remember the wise man or the fool in future generations.^[a] When future days come, both will have been forgotten already. How is it that the wise man dies the same as the fool? ¹⁷ So I hated life because the work done under the sun is grievous to me. For everything is vanity and chasing wind!

¹⁸ So I hated all my toil with which I have toiled under the sun, for I must leave it behind to someone who will be after me.