Parallel Verses
King James Version
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
New American Standard Bible
Thus I hated
Holman Bible
I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun
International Standard Version
Then I despised everything I had worked for on earth, that is, the things that I will leave to the person who will succeed me.
A Conservative Version
And I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who shall be after me.
American Standard Version
And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Amplified
So I hated all the fruit (gain) of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will succeed me.
Bible in Basic English
Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.
Darby Translation
And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Julia Smith Translation
And I hated all my labor I laboring under the sun: leaving it to the man who shall come after me.
King James 2000
Yea, I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun: because I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
Yes, I hated all my labor which I had done under the sun; that I must leave it to the man who shall be after me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, I was weary of all my labour, which I had taken under the Sun, because I should be fain to leave them unto another man, that cometh after me.
NET Bible
So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.
New Heart English Bible
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore hated, I, all my toil, wherein I was toiling, under the sun, - in that I should leave it for the man who should come after me;
Webster
Yes, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it to the man that shall be after me.
World English Bible
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.
Themes
Dissatisfaction » With the sinful life
Heirs » General references to natural
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 2:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Is There Real Happiness In Life?
17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Cross References
Psalm 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalm 49:10
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
1 Kings 11:11-13
Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
Psalm 17:14
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Ecclesiastes 2:4-9
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:3
Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:13-14
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Luke 16:27-28
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
Acts 20:29-30
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
1 Corinthians 3:10
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.