Ecclesiastes 2:18
What does Ecclesiastes 2:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 2:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Yea, 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Context
v.17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
v.18This passage
v.19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.
- Acts 20:29
I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;
- 1 Kings 11:11
Wherefore Jehovah said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.
- Psalms 49:10
For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
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