Ecclesiastes 2:17-19

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Is There Real Happiness in Life?

¹⁷ So I hated life. ·It made me sad to think that everything [^LFor evil is the work that is done] ·here on earth [^Lunder the sun; 1:3] is useless [1:2], like chasing the wind. ¹⁸ I hated all the things I had ·worked [toiled] for ·here on earth [^Lunder the sun; 1:3], because I must leave them to someone who will live after me. ¹⁹ Someone else will control everything for which I ·worked so hard [toiled so wisely] ·here on earth [^Lunder the sun; 1:3], and ·I don’t know [^Lwho knows…?] if he will be wise or foolish. This is also useless [1:2].