Ecclesiastes 2:18
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 2:18 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und ich haßte alle meine Mühe, womit ich mich abmühte unter der Sonne, weil ich sie dem Menschen hinterlassen muß, der nach mir sein wird.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Yo asimismo aborrecí todo mi trabajo que había puesto por obra debajo del sol; el cual dejaré á otro que vendrá después de mí.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Eu também detestei todo o meu trabalho em que trabalhei abaixo do sol, porque o deixarei ao homem que virá depois de mim.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eu odiei todas as minhas realizações pelas quais trabalhei debaixo do sol, porque devo deixá-las para trás, para o homem que me suceder.
📖 Ecclesiastes 2:18 in Context
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 unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18Yea, 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.
19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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