Ecclesiastes 2:18-20

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¹⁸ I hated all the things I had ·worked [toiled] for ·here on earth [^Lunder the sun; 1:3], because I must leave them to someone who will live after me. ¹⁹ Someone else will control everything for which I ·worked so hard [toiled so wisely] ·here on earth [^Lunder the sun; 1:3], and ·I don’t know [^Lwho knows…?] if he will be wise or foolish. This is also useless [1:2]. ²⁰ So I ·became sad [despaired; ^Lcaused my heart to despair] about all the ·hard work [toil] I had done ·here on earth [^Lunder the sun; 1:3].