Ecclesiastes 2:18
Ecclesiastes 2:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19 The Message (MSG)
And I hated everything I’d accomplished and accumulated on this earth. I can’t take it with me—no, I have to leave it to whoever comes after me. Whether they’re worthy or worthless—and who’s to tell?—they’ll take over the earthly results of my intense thinking and hard work. Smoke.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 New Century Version (NCV)
I hated all the things I had worked for here on earth, because I must leave them to someone who will live after me.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 New International Version (NIV)
I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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. [Ps 49:10]