Ecclesiastes 2:16-23

¹⁶For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man ? as the fool.

¹⁷Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

¹⁸Yes, 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.

¹⁹And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

²⁰Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.

²¹For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

²²For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun?

²³For all his days are sorrows, and his labor grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.