Ecclesiastes 2:17-20

17So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for aall is vanity and a striving after wind.

The Vanity of Toil

18I hated ball my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must cleave it to the man who will come after me, 19and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 20So I dturned about and gave my heart up to despair eover all the toil of my labors under the sun,
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