Ecclesiastes 2:18-19

The Emptiness of Work

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18} I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun^(A) because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.^(B) ^{Tools
19} And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool?^(C) Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Cross references:

A. Ecclesiastes 2:18: Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 2:11

B. Ecclesiastes 2:18: Psalm 39:6; Psalm 49:10; Proverbs 13:22

C. Ecclesiastes 2:19: Ezekiel 18:9-10