Ecclesiastes 2:18-20

International Standard Version

The Pointlessness of Labor

¹⁸ Then I despised everything I had worked for on earth, that is, the things that I will leave to the person who will succeed me. ¹⁹ And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Either way, he will take possession of everything that I have done on earth, especially where I have excelled. This also is pointless. ²⁰ So I came to be in despair about everything I had accomplished on earth.