Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Ecclesiastes 2:20

18 Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, because ^aI must leave it to the man who will come after me.

19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

20 Therefore I turned my heart and despaired of all the labor in which I had toiled under the sun.

21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet he must leave his¹ heritage to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

22 ^aFor what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?

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I gave up as desperate all hope of solid fruit from my labor.

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