17 And I began to hate life for the labor that was done under the sun was contemptible to me, for all of this was vanity and chasing the wind.
18 And I despised all the toil in which I labored under the sun, which I will give up to the man who comes after me.
19 And who knows if this man will be wise or a fool? Yet he will gain power over every labor that I have toiled and my use of wisdom under the sun. Also this is vanity.
20 So I turned to give my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun.
21 For there is a man who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet to a man who did not labor for this, he leaves it as his inheritance. This also is vanity and a great distress.
22 For what becomes of a man with all his labor and with the striving in his heart that he toils under the sun?
23 For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is a vexation; even at night his heart finds no rest. Also this is fleeting.