Ecclesiastes 2:11-13

Lexham English Bible

¹¹ Yet when I considered^[a] all the effort which I expended and the toil with which I toiled to do, then behold, “Everything is vanity and chasing wind! There is nothing profitable under the sun!”

The Living Must Abandon the Work of their Hands to Others at Death

¹² Next, I considered wisdom, as well as delusion and folly. What can anyone do who will come after the king that has not already been done? ¹³ I realized that wisdom has an advantage over folly, just as light has an advantage over darkness.