Ecclesiastes 2:16-18

English Standard Version

¹⁶ For of the wise as of the fool there is ^(A)no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. ^(B)How the wise dies just like the fool! ¹⁷ So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for ^(C)all is vanity and a striving after wind.

The Vanity of Toil

¹⁸ I hated ^(D)all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must ^(E)leave it to the man who will come after me,