Ecclesiastes 2:16-18

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶ For there is ^(A)no remembrance of the wise man along with the fool forever, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And ^(B)how the wise man dies with the fool! ¹⁷ So I ^(C)hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was ^[a]grievous to me; because everything is vanity and striving after wind.

The Vanity of Labor

¹⁸ Thus I hated ^(D)all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must ^(E)leave it to the man who will come after me.