Ecclesiastes 2:16-18

New American Standard Bible 1995

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

The Futility 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.