Ecclesiastes 2:18 “I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave…”

Ecclesiastes 2:18

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

I hated also all my labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne, which I shall leaue to the man that shalbe after me.

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.

Young's 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.

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.

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Cross references

“I hated”

Ecclesiastes 2:4–9 Ecclesiastes 1:13 Ecclesiastes 4:3 Ecclesiastes 5:18 Ecclesiastes 9:9

Ecclesiastes 2:4–9 · BSB

I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

Ecclesiastes 1:13 · BSB

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

Ecclesiastes 4:3 · BSB

But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:18 · BSB

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

Ecclesiastes 9:9 · BSB

Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

“I should”

Psalm 39:6 Psalm 49:10 Ecclesiastes 2:26 1 Kings 11:11–13 Psalm 17:14 Luke 12:20

Psalm 39:6 · BSB

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

Psalm 49:10 · BSB

For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 · BSB

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile…

1 Kings 11:11–13 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

Psalm 17:14 · BSB

from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

Luke 12:20 · BSB

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

Also

Ecclesiastes 1:3

Ecclesiastes 1:3 · BSB

What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

19And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

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