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Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was unhappy to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 2:18

So I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

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Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is futility.

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Ecclesiastes 2:20

Therefore I completely despaired over all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.

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Ecclesiastes 2:21

When there is a person who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then gives his legacy to one who has not labored for it; this too is futility and a great evil.

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Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what does a person get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

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Ecclesiastes 2:23

Because all his days his activity is painful and irritating; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is futility.

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