Ecclesiastes 2:17-19

New International Reader's Version

Work Is Meaningless

¹⁷ So I hated life. That’s because the work done on this earth made me sad. None of it has any meaning. It’s like chasing the wind. ¹⁸ I hated everything I had worked for on earth. I’ll have to leave all of it to someone who lives after me. ¹⁹ And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Either way, they’ll take over everything on earth I’ve worked so hard for. That doesn’t have any meaning either.